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॥ पृथिवी वाव गौतमाग्निस्तस्याः संवत्सर एव समिदाकाशो धूमो रात्रिरर्चिर्दिशोऽङ्गारा अवान्तरदिशो विस्फुलिङ्गाः
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
|| pR^ithivI vAva gautamAgnistasyAH saMvatsara eva samidAkAsho dhUmo rAtrirarchirdisho.a~NgArA avAntaradisho visphuli~NgAH
भवत्यस्य ब्रह्मवर्चसं करे य एतमेवमात्मानं वेदवानर- मुपास्ते मूर्धा सेष आत्मन इति होवाच मूधा ते (तुम अन्न भक्षण करते हो जौर मियका दर्थ॑न करते हो । नो इस वैश्वानर आत्माकी इस प्रकार उपासना करता है बह अन्न भक्षण करता है, प्रियका दशन करता है गौर उसके कुमे ब्र्मतेन होता है । यह
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
'The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light the night, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ पृथिवी वाव गौतमाग्निस्तस्याः संवत्सर एव समिदाकाशो धूमो रात्रिरर्चिर्दिशोऽङ्गारा अवान्तरदिशो विस्फुलिङ्गाः
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light the night, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light the night, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters.
Sense: 'The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light the night, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
भवत्यस्य ब्रह्मवर्चसं करे य एतमेवमात्मानं वेदवानर- मुपास्ते मूर्धा सेष आत्मन इति होवाच मूधा ते (तुम अन्न भक्षण करते हो जौर मियका दर्थ॑न करते हो। 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.
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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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