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चक्षुर्होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथान्धा अपश्यन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह चक्षुः
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chakShurhochchakrAma tatsaMvatsaraM proShya paryetyovAcha kathamashakatarte majjIvitumiti yathAndhA apashyantaH prANantaH prANena vadanto vAchA shR^iNvantaH shrotreNa dhyAyanto manasaivamiti pravivesha ha chakShuH
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, thinking with the mind.…
हे गौतम की ही अग्नि है । उसका उपस्थ दही समि है, पुरुष जो उपमन्त्रण करता है वह धूम है, योनि ज्वाला है तथा जो भीतरकी जर करवा है वह अङ्गारे है नौर उससे नो घुल होता है योषा वाव गौतमाभिः दे गौतम खी दी अम्नि है । उससे वह पुत्रादि उसत्न करनेके वेल षा ॥ स्थि समिद्ध होती है । पर नो
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The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, thinking with the mind. Thus we lived.' Then the eye went back.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
चक्षुर्होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथान्धा अपश्यन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह चक्षुः
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, thinking with the mind. Thus we lived.' Then the eye went back.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, thinking with the mind.…
Sense: The eye (sight) 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 blind people, not seeing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, thinking with the mind.…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
हे गौतम की ही अग्नि है। 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
- Translations
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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
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- Sanskrit mūla — public domain. Digitized by sanskritdocuments.org.
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