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ब्रह्मणः सोम्य ते पादं ब्रवाणीति ब्रवीतु मे भगवानिति तस्मै होवाच पृथिवी कलान्तरिक्षं कला द्यौः कला समुद्रः कलैष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणोऽनन्तवान्नाम
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brahmaNaH somya te pAdaM bravANIti bravItu me bhagavAniti tasmai hovAcha pR^ithivI kalAntarikShaM kalA dyauH kalA samudraH kalaiSha vai somya chatuShkalaH pAdo brahmaNo.anantavAnnAma
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Agni said: 'Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The earth is one quarter, the sky is one quarter, the heaven is one quarter, the ocean is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters,…
ब्रह्मविद इव सोम्य ते भरुखं प्रसन्नं भाति, कोलु = नभयूद्ऽयुक्तवानकाक्ाभीन्द- आचार्यका उपदे - नेत्रस्थित पुरुषक्नौ उपासना होवाचेतदमृतमभयमेतदृब्रह्मेति । तयद्यप्यस्मिन्स- “यह जो नेत्रम पुरुष दिखाई देता है यह मात्मा है देसा उसने कहा ह अमृत है, अमय है जर ब्रह्म है ।' उस ( पुरुषके स्थानह्प नत्र) मे यदि धत या जल हके तो वह पलकों ही चला जाता ३
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Agni said: 'Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The earth is one quarter, the sky is one quarter, the heaven is one quarter, the ocean is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, and called Anantavat (endless).'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
ब्रह्मणः सोम्य ते पादं ब्रवाणीति ब्रवीतु मे भगवानिति तस्मै होवाच पृथिवी कलान्तरिक्षं कला द्यौः कला समुद्रः कलैष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणोऽनन्तवान्नाम
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Agni said: 'Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The earth is one quarter, the sky is one quarter, the heaven is one quarter, the ocean is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, and called Anantavat (endless).'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: Agni said: 'Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The earth is one quarter, the sky is one quarter, the heaven is one quarter, the ocean is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters,…
Sense: Agni said: 'Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'The earth is one quarter, the sky is one quarter, the heaven is one quarter, the ocean is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
ब्रह्मविद इव सोम्य ते भरुखं प्रसन्नं भाति, कोलु = नभयूद्ऽयुक्तवानकाक्ाभीन्द- आचार्यका उपदे - नेत्रस्थित पुरुषक्नौ उपासना होवाचेतदमृतमभयमेतदृब्रह्मेति। प्रकाश, जल और ताप एक ही प्राकृतिक चक्र के रूप हैं; कोई भी अपने आप अलग सृष्टि नहीं है। यह पंक्ति उन रूपों को एक व्यवस्था के अंग की तरह पढ़ती 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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- 2026-10-16
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