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स होवाच किं मे वासो भविष्यतीत्याप इति होचुस्तस्माद्वा एतदशिष्यन्तः पुरस्ताच्चोपरिष्टाच्चाद्भिः परिदधति लम्भुको ह वासो भवत्यनग्नो ह भवति
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
sa hovAcha kiM me vAso bhaviShyatItyApa iti hochustasmAdvA etadashiShyantaH purastAchchopariShTAchchAdbhiH paridadhati lambhuko ha vAso bhavatyanagno ha bhavati
दक्षिणायनके महीनोसे पितृोकको, पितृोकसे आकारो शर मकाशसे चन्दरमाको पर्त होते है । यह चन्द राजा सोम षै । क देवताओंका अन है, देवतारोग उसका भक्षण करते है मासेभ्यः पितलोकं ॒पित- लोकादाकाशमाकाशाचन्द्रमसम् । कोऽसौ पस्पैः प्र प्यते चन्द्रमाः १
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
He said: 'What shall be my dress?' They answered: 'Water.' Therefore wise people, when they are going to eat food, surround their food before and after with water .' He (prâna) thus gains a dress, and is no longer naked '.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
स होवाच किं मे वासो भविष्यतीत्याप इति होचुस्तस्माद्वा एतदशिष्यन्तः पुरस्ताच्चोपरिष्टाच्चाद्भिः परिदधति लम्भुको ह वासो भवत्यनग्नो ह भवति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
He said: 'What shall be my dress?' They answered: 'Water.' Therefore wise people, when they are going to eat food, surround their food before and after with water .' He (prâna) thus gains a dress, and is no longer naked '.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: He said: 'What shall be my dress?' They answered: 'Water.' Therefore wise people, when they are going to eat food, surround their food before and after with water .' He (prâna) thus gains a dress, and is no longer naked '.
Sense: He said: 'What shall be my dress?' They answered: 'Water.' Therefore wise people, when they are going to eat food, surround their food before and after with water .' He (prâna) thus gains a dress, and is no longer naked '.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
दक्षिणायनके महीनोसे पितृोकको, पितृोकसे आकारो शर मकाशसे चन्दरमाको पर्त होते 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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- 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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