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ब्रह्मणश्च ते पादं ब्रवाणीति ब्रवीतु मे भगवानिति तस्मै होवाच प्राची दिक्कला प्रतीची दिक्कला दक्षिणा दिक्कलोदीची दिक्कलैष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवान्नाम
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brahmaNashcha te pAdaM bravANIti bravItu me bhagavAniti tasmai hovAcha prAchI dikkalA pratIchI dikkalA dakShiNA dikkalodIchI dikkalaiSha vai somya chatuShkalaH pAdo brahmaNaH prakAshavAnnAma
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'And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The eastern region is one quarter, the western region is one quarter, the southern region is one quarter, the northern region is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman,…
स य एतमेवं विद्रानुपास्तेऽपहते पापछ्रत्यां खोकी भवति सर्वमायुरेति ज्योग्जीवति नास्यावरपुरषाः ्षीयन्त उप वयं तं भुञ्जामोऽस्मिश्श्च लोकेऽमुष्मिरच चह परप, नो इसे इस प्रकार जानकर इस ८ चतुर्धा विभक्त अग्न ) को उपासना करता हे, पापकर्मको नष्ट कर देता हे, लोकान् होता हे, पूणं आयुको प्रात होता है तथा उज्ज्वल जीवन व्यतीत करता काण्ड १६ छाङ्करमाण्याथ ४१५ अथ हैनमाहवनीयोभ्लु शशास तदनन्तर उसे आहवनीयाम्निने प्राण आका्चो चौरविद्युदिति उपदेश क्रिया-- भ्रण, आकाश,
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'And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The eastern region is one quarter, the western region is one quarter, the southern region is one quarter, the northern region is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of the four quarters, and called Prakâsavat (endowed with splendour).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
ब्रह्मणश्च ते पादं ब्रवाणीति ब्रवीतु मे भगवानिति तस्मै होवाच प्राची दिक्कला प्रतीची दिक्कला दक्षिणा दिक्कलोदीची दिक्कलैष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवान्नाम
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The eastern region is one quarter, the western region is one quarter, the southern region is one quarter, the northern region is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of the four quarters, and called Prakâsavat (endowed with splendour).
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The eastern region is one quarter, the western region is one quarter, the southern region is one quarter, the northern region is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman,…
Sense: 'And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The eastern region is one quarter, the western region is one quarter, the southern region is one quarter, the northern region is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
स य एतमेवं विद्रानुपास्तेऽपहते पापछ्रत्यां खोकी भवति सर्वमायुरेति ज्योग्जीवति नास्यावरपुरषाः ्षीयन्त उप वयं तं भुञ्जामोऽस्मिश्श्च लोकेऽमुष्मिरच चह परप, नो इसे इस प्रकार जानकर इस…। धीमी और लंबी श्वास वेगस तंत्रिका को सक्रिय कर हृदय की गति और भय-प्रतिक्रिया को शांत करती है। यह पंक्ति उसी श्वास-मन संबंध को कहती है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
- sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/chhandogya.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
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