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श्रोत्रँ होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथा बधिरा अशृण्वन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह श्रोत्रम्
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shrotra{\m+} hochchakrAma tatsaMvatsaraM proShya paryetyovAcha kathamashakatarte majjIvitumiti yathA badhirA ashR^iNvantaH prANantaH prANena vadanto vAchA pashyantashchakShuShA dhyAyanto manasaivamiti pravivesha ha shrotram
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The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like deaf people, not hearing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, thinking with the mind.…
उस इस ग्नम देवगण वीर्य॑कञा हवन करते है, उस भाहुतिते केवलाः सोमादिकायंमारमन्ते, उस इस अग्निम देवगण वीर्थका हवन करते है; उस आहुतिसे गमं बहुरुता होनेके कारण कर्मे कायै आरम्भ करनेवाले "जल' कटे जाते है । इसके सिवा सोम, वषट,
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The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like deaf people, not hearing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, thinking with the mind. Thus we lived.' Then the ear went back.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
श्रोत्रँ होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथा बधिरा अशृण्वन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह श्रोत्रम्
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like deaf people, not hearing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, thinking with the mind. Thus we lived.' Then the ear went back.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like deaf people, not hearing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, thinking with the mind.…
Sense: The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like deaf people, not hearing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, thinking with the mind.…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
उस इस ग्नम देवगण वीर्य॑कञा हवन करते है, उस भाहुतिते केवलाः सोमादिकायंमारमन्ते, उस इस अग्निम देवगण वीर्थका हवन करते है; उस आहुतिसे गमं बहुरुता होनेके कारण कर्मे कायै आरम्भ करनेवा…। आदत और परिणाम एक चक्र बनाते हैं: जो बार-बार किया जाता है, वह अगली प्रवृत्ति को मजबूत करता है। यह पंक्ति कर्म को उसी चक्र के रूप में देखती है, भाग्य के आकस्मिक प्रहार के रूप में नहीं।
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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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