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॥ अथ हैनमाहवनीयोऽनुशशास प्राण आकाशो द्यौर्विद्युदिति य एष विद्युति पुरुषो दृश्यते सोऽहमस्मि स एवाहमस्मीति
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
|| atha hainamAhavanIyo.anushashAsa prANa AkAsho dyaurvidyuditi ya eSha vidyuti puruSho dR^ishyate so.ahamasmi sa evAhamasmIti
ते ह प्राणाः ्रजापति पितरमेस्योचुभेगवन्को नः श्रेष्ठ इति तान्होवाच यस्मिन्व उत्कान्ते शरीरं उन प्राणोने अपने पिता प्रनापतिके पास जाकर कहा--भगवन् हममे कोन श्रेष्ठ है प्रनापतिने उनसे कहा--तुममेसे जिसके तेह ते हैवं विवदमाना देत्योचुरुक्तबन्तः- है भगवन्को नोऽस्माकं मध्ये श्रष्ठोऽभ्यधिको
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
Then the Âhavanîya fire taught him: 'Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the lightning, I am he, I am he indeed.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ अथ हैनमाहवनीयोऽनुशशास प्राण आकाशो द्यौर्विद्युदिति य एष विद्युति पुरुषो दृश्यते सोऽहमस्मि स एवाहमस्मीति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Then the Âhavanîya fire taught him: 'Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the lightning, I am he, I am he indeed.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: Then the Âhavanîya fire taught him: 'Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the lightning, I am he, I am he indeed.
Sense: Then the Âhavanîya fire taught him: 'Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the lightning, I am he, I am he indeed.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
ते ह प्राणाः ्रजापति पितरमेस्योचुभेगवन्को नः श्रेष्ठ इति तान्होवाच यस्मिन्व उत्कान्ते शरीरं उन प्राणोने अपने पिता प्रनापतिके पास जाकर कहा--भगवन् हममे कोन श्रेष्ठ है प्रनापतिने…। 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
- Translations
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- Explanation, reflection, research
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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- Licence note (as recorded)
- Sanskrit mūla — public domain. Digitized by sanskritdocuments.org.
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