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॥ अथ होवाच जनँशार्कराक्ष्य कं त्वमात्मानमुपास्स इत्याकाशमेव भगवो राजन्निति होवाचैष वै बहुल आत्मा वैश्वानरो यं त्वमात्मानमुपस्से तस्मात्त्वं बहुलोऽसि प्रजया च धनेन च
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|| atha hovAcha jana{\m+}shArkarAkShya kaM tvamAtmAnamupAssa ityAkAshameva bhagavo rAjanniti hovAchaiSha vai bahula AtmA vaishvAnaro yaM tvamAtmAnamupasse tasmAttvaM bahulo.asi prajayA cha dhanena cha
स पित्रोक्तः उवेतकेतुरं दवाद- पिताक कहनेपर॒ वह उवेतकेतु बारह वर्की अवस्थां गुरुके समीप तमादेशं विक्िनटि- उस आदेरके रियि शरूति विश निके द्वा जश्ुत शरुत हो जाता ह, अमत मत हो जाता है र धीविज्ञात विशेषदूपसे ज्ञात हो जता है ॥ यह घुनकर उेतकेठ- ने पूा-- भगवन् वह् गदश कैषादहे१
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Then he said to Gana Sârkarâkshya: 'Whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Ether only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Bahula (full). Therefore you are full of offspring and wealth.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ अथ होवाच जनँशार्कराक्ष्य कं त्वमात्मानमुपास्स इत्याकाशमेव भगवो राजन्निति होवाचैष वै बहुल आत्मा वैश्वानरो यं त्वमात्मानमुपस्से तस्मात्त्वं बहुलोऽसि प्रजया च धनेन च
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Then he said to Gana Sârkarâkshya: 'Whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Ether only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Bahula (full). Therefore you are full of offspring and wealth.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: Then he said to Gana Sârkarâkshya: 'Whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Ether only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Bahula (full). Therefore you are full of offspring and wealth.
Sense: Then he said to Gana Sârkarâkshya: 'Whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Ether only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Bahula (full). Therefore you are full of offspring and wealth.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
स पित्रोक्तः उवेतकेतुरं दवाद- पिताक कहनेपर॒ वह उवेतकेतु बारह वर्की अवस्थां गुरुके समीप तमादेशं विक्िनटि- उस आदेरके रियि शरूति विश निके द्वा जश्ुत शरुत हो जाता ह, अमत मत हो जाता…। अनुभव तब स्पष्ट होता है जब उसे किसी एक घटना का आकस्मिक संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह देखा जाए। यह पंक्ति उसी नियम को इस प्रसंग में रखती 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
- Licence note (as recorded)
- Sanskrit mūla — public domain. Digitized by sanskritdocuments.org.
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