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एष ह वा उदक्प्रवणो यज्ञो यत्रैवंविद्ब्रह्मा भवत्येवंविदँ ह वा एषा ब्रह्माणमनुगाथा यतो यत आवर्तते तत्तद्गच्छति
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eSha ha vA udakpravaNo yaj~no yatraivaMvidbrahmA bhavatyevaMvida{\m+} ha vA eShA brahmANamanugAthA yato yata Avartate tattadgachChati
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That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman priest who knows this. And with regard to such a Brahman priest there is the following Gâthâ : 'Whereever it falls back, thither the man goes,'--viz. the Brahman only,…
इस प्रकार दुखी हुए उस राजा- ने न्नाह्मणका प्रत्याख्यान नहीं करना ब्राह्मणं मन्वानो न्यायेन विद्या चाये" यह मानते हुए तथा “विदया- उसे "यहाँ चिरकार्तक रहो" ेसी आज्ञा दी, ओर उससे कदा- शे गोतम निस प्रकार तुमने युक्षसे कहा है उससे त॒म यहं समज्ञो कि पूर्वकारमे तमसे परे यद विदा ब्राह्मणोके पास नहीं गयी
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That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman priest who knows this. And with regard to such a Brahman priest there is the following Gâthâ : 'Whereever it falls back, thither the man goes,'--viz. the Brahman only, as one of the Ritvig priests. 'He saves the Kurus as a mare' (viz. a Brahman priest who knows this, saves the sacrifice, the sacrificer, and all the other priests). Therefore let a man make him who knows this his Brahman priest, not one who does not know it, who does not know it.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
एष ह वा उदक्प्रवणो यज्ञो यत्रैवंविद्ब्रह्मा भवत्येवंविदँ ह वा एषा ब्रह्माणमनुगाथा यतो यत आवर्तते तत्तद्गच्छति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman priest who knows this. And with regard to such a Brahman priest there is the following Gâthâ : 'Whereever it falls back, thither the man goes,'--viz. the Brahman only, as one of the Ritvig priests. 'He saves the Kurus as a mare' (viz. a Brahman priest who knows this, saves the sacrifice, the sacrificer, and all the other priests). Therefore let a man make him who knows this his Brahman priest, not one who does not know it, who does not know it.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman priest who knows this. And with regard to such a Brahman priest there is the following Gâthâ : 'Whereever it falls back, thither the man goes,'--viz. the Brahman only,…
Sense: That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman priest who knows this. And with regard to such a Brahman priest there is the following Gâthâ : 'Whereever it falls back, thither the man goes,'--viz. the Brahman only,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
इस प्रकार दुखी हुए उस राजा- ने न्नाह्मणका प्रत्याख्यान नहीं करना ब्राह्मणं मन्वानो न्यायेन विद्या चाये" यह मानते हुए तथा “विदया- उसे "यहाँ चिरकार्तक रहो" ेसी आज्ञा दी, ओर उससे क…। अनुभव तब स्पष्ट होता है जब उसे किसी एक घटना का आकस्मिक संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह देखा जाए। यह पंक्ति उसी नियम को इस प्रसंग में रखती 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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- 2026-10-16
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