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॥ अथ होवाच बुडिलमाश्वतराश्विं वैयाघ्रपद्य कं त्वमात्मानमुपास्स इत्यप एव भगवो राजन्निति होवाचैष वै रयिरात्मा वैश्वानरो यं त्वमात्मानमुपास्से तस्मात्त्वँरयिमान्पुष्टिमानसि
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यथा स॒ आदेश्लो भवति ¦ पिता-वह भदेश जिस पकार यथा सोम्येकेन सपििण्डेन सर्व ्नन्मयं विज्ञात . स्याद्वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं सत्तिकेत्येव सत्यम् हे सोम्य जिस प्रकार एक गृतिकाके पिण्डके दवाा सपं मृन्मय पदार्थोका ज्ञान हो जाता है कि विकार केव वाणीके आश्रयमू नाममात्र है, सत्य तो केवर पृत्तिका ही हे हे सोभ्य यथा रोक एकेन मृतिपण्डेन करककम्भादिकारण- कारजातं मृन्मयं सदिकारजातं
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Then he said to Budila Âsvatarâsvi, 'O Vaiyâghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Water only, venerable king.' He said; 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Rayi (wealth). Therefore are you wealthy and flourishing.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ अथ होवाच बुडिलमाश्वतराश्विं वैयाघ्रपद्य कं त्वमात्मानमुपास्स इत्यप एव भगवो राजन्निति होवाचैष वै रयिरात्मा वैश्वानरो यं त्वमात्मानमुपास्से तस्मात्त्वँरयिमान्पुष्टिमानसि
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Then he said to Budila Âsvatarâsvi, 'O Vaiyâghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Water only, venerable king.' He said; 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Rayi (wealth). Therefore are you wealthy and flourishing.
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: Then he said to Budila Âsvatarâsvi, 'O Vaiyâghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Water only, venerable king.' He said; 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Rayi (wealth). Therefore are you wealthy and flourishing.
Sense: Then he said to Budila Âsvatarâsvi, 'O Vaiyâghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Water only, venerable king.' He said; 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Rayi (wealth). Therefore are you wealthy and flourishing.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
यथा स॒ आदेश्लो भवति ¦ पिता-वह भदेश जिस पकार यथा सोम्येकेन सपििण्डेन सर्व ्नन्मयं विज्ञात . स्याद्वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं सत्तिकेत्येव सत्यम् हे सोम्य जिस प्रकार एक गृतिकाके प…। दोहराया हुआ स्वर श्वास और अवधान को एक लय में लाता है, इसलिए शब्द यहाँ केवल सूचना नहीं, साधना का साधन 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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