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मन्त्र ११ [III.vIi.11] तद्वा एतदक्षरं गार्ग्य् अदृष्टं द्रष्टृश्रुतँ श्रोत्त्रमतं मन्त्रविज्ञातं विज्ञातृ मन्तृ अविज्ञातम् विज्ञातृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति द्रष्टृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति श्रोतृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति मन्तृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति विज्ञात्त्र् एतस्मिन्नु खल्वक्षरे गार्ग्य् आकाश ओतश्च प्रोतश्चेति
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mantra 11 ##[III.vIi.11]## tadvA etadakShara.n gArgy adR^iShTaM draShTR^ishruta{\m+} shrottramataM mantravij~nAtaM vij~nAtR^i mantR^i avij~nAtam vij~nAtR^i nAnyadato.asti draShTR^i nAnyadato.asti shrotR^i nAnyadato.asti mantR^i nAnyadato.asti vij~nAttr etasminnu khalvakShare gArgy AkAsha otashcha protashcheti
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'That Brahman,' O Gârgî, 'is unseen, but seeing; unheard, but hearing; unperceived, but perceiving; unknown, but knowing. There is nothing that sees but it, nothing that hears but it, nothing that perceives but it, nothing that knows but it. In that Akshara then, O Gârgî,…
यहां एसा कहते है- "यह जो वाय है एकही-सा बहता है, फिर यहं जध्यध-ङढ् किस प्रकार है ? उत्तर क्योंकि इसीमे यह् ब ऋद्धको प्राप्त होता है, इसलिये यह अध्यध ( उ ) है ।' शाकल्य- ओंसे विशिष्ट एकप्राण हीदहै। वहाँ अधिकारमभेदसे एक ही देवके नाम, रूप, कमे, गण ओर रक्तिका शाकल्य "पृथिवी हौ जिसका आयतन है तथा अग्नि लोक ( दशन ) भोर मन ज्योति ( संकल्प-विकल्पका साधन ) हे, जो भी उस पुरुषको सम्पूणं अध्यात्म कायं-करणसमूहुका परायण जानता छ
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'That Brahman,' O Gârgî, 'is unseen, but seeing; unheard, but hearing; unperceived, but perceiving; unknown, but knowing. There is nothing that sees but it, nothing that hears but it, nothing that perceives but it, nothing that knows but it. In that Akshara then, O Gârgî, the ether is woven, like warp and woof.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ११ [III.vIi.11] तद्वा एतदक्षरं गार्ग्य् अदृष्टं द्रष्टृश्रुतँ श्रोत्त्रमतं मन्त्रविज्ञातं विज्ञातृ मन्तृ अविज्ञातम् विज्ञातृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति द्रष्टृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति श्रोतृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति मन्तृ नान्यदतोऽस्ति विज्ञात्त्र् एतस्मिन्नु खल्वक्षरे गार्ग्य् आकाश ओतश्च प्रोतश्चेति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'That Brahman,' O Gârgî, 'is unseen, but seeing; unheard, but hearing; unperceived, but perceiving; unknown, but knowing. There is nothing that sees but it, nothing that hears but it, nothing that perceives but it, nothing that knows but it. In that Akshara then, O Gârgî, the ether is woven, like warp and woof.'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'That Brahman,' O Gârgî, 'is unseen, but seeing; unheard, but hearing; unperceived, but perceiving; unknown, but knowing. There is nothing that sees but it, nothing that hears but it, nothing that perceives but it, nothing that knows but it. In that Akshara then, O Gârgî,…
Sense: 'That Brahman,' O Gârgî, 'is unseen, but seeing; unheard, but hearing; unperceived, but perceiving; unknown, but knowing. There is nothing that sees but it, nothing that hears but it, nothing that perceives but it, nothing that knows but it. In that Akshara then, O Gârgî,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
यहां एसा कहते है- "यह जो वाय है एकही-सा बहता है, फिर यहं जध्यध-ङढ् किस प्रकार है ? उत्तर क्योंकि इसीमे यह् ब ऋद्धको प्राप्त होता है, इसलिये यह अध्यध ( उ ) है। धीमी और लंबी श्वास वेगस तंत्रिका को सक्रिय कर हृदय की गति और भय-प्रतिक्रिया को शांत करती है। यह पंक्ति उसी श्वास-मन संबंध को कहती 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/brihadaaraNyaka.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
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- 2026-10-18
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