Beginner (जिज्ञासु): Direct entry: original verse, clear literal translation, and accessible life takeaway. (मूल श्लोक, सरल शब्दार्थ और जीवनोपयोगी सार।)
पञ्च मा राजन्यबन्धुः प्रश्नानप्राक्षीत्तेषां नैकंचनाशकं विवक्तुमिति स होवाच यथा मा त्वं तदैतानवदो यथाहमेषां नैकंचन वेद यद्यहमिमानवेदिष्यं कथं ते नावक्ष्यमिति
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
pa~ncha mA rAjanyabandhuH prashnAnaprAkShItteShAM naikaMchanAshakaM vivaktumiti sa hovAcha yathA mA tvaM tadaitAnavado yathAhameShAM naikaMchana veda yadyahamimAnavediShyaM kathaM te nAvakShyamiti
उसने निश्चय किया ये परम शोत्रिय महागृहस्थ सुञ्चसे प्रन करेगे, तु भ हन्द पूरी .तरहसे नदीं बतला सकरुणा अतः चै उन्द न्द देखते ही उसने उनके आने- का प्रथोजन समक्षकर चित्तम स्थिर किया । किस प्रकार स्थिर किया ए एवं संपाच- रेसा निश्चय कर-- तान्होवाचाश्वपतिवें भगवन्तोऽयं कैकेयः संप्रती-
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
'That fellow of a Râganya, asked me five questions, and I could not answer one of them.' The father said: 'As you have told me these questions of his, I do not know any one of them . If I knew these questions, how should I not have told you ?'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
पञ्च मा राजन्यबन्धुः प्रश्नानप्राक्षीत्तेषां नैकंचनाशकं विवक्तुमिति स होवाच यथा मा त्वं तदैतानवदो यथाहमेषां नैकंचन वेद यद्यहमिमानवेदिष्यं कथं ते नावक्ष्यमिति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'That fellow of a Râganya, asked me five questions, and I could not answer one of them.' The father said: 'As you have told me these questions of his, I do not know any one of them . If I knew these questions, how should I not have told you ?'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'That fellow of a Râganya, asked me five questions, and I could not answer one of them.' The father said: 'As you have told me these questions of his, I do not know any one of them . If I knew these questions, how should I not have told you ?'
Sense: 'That fellow of a Râganya, asked me five questions, and I could not answer one of them.' The father said: 'As you have told me these questions of his, I do not know any one of them . If I knew these questions, how should I not have told you ?'
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
उसने निश्चय किया ये परम शोत्रिय महागृहस्थ सुञ्चसे प्रन करेगे, तु भ हन्द पूरी .तरहसे नदीं बतला सकरुणा अतः चै उन्द न्द देखते ही उसने उनके आने- का प्रथोजन समक्षकर चित्तम स्थिर किया। अवधान एक सीमित क्षमता है: जो विषय बार-बार मन में आता है, वही अगली क्रिया की दिशा बनता है। यह पंक्ति उसी मानसिक चयन को अपना विषय बनाती 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.
स्रोतSources and editionSources and editionस्रोत एवं संस्करण
- 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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