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मन्त्र ४ [IV.i.4] यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्य् अब्रवीन्मे बर्कुर्वार्ष्णश् चक्षुर्वै ब्रह्मेति ।यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तद्वार्ष्णोऽब्रवीत्च् चक्षुर्वै ब्रह्मेत्य् अपश्यतो हि किँ स्यादित्य् अब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्य् एकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।चक्षुरेवाऽऽयतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा सत्यमित्येतदुपासीत ।का सत्यता याज्ञवल्क्य ।चक्षुरेव सम्राड् इति होवाच चक्षुषा वै सम्राट् पश्यन्तमाहुर् अद्राक्षीरिति ।स आहाद्राक्षमिति तत्सत्यं भवति चक्षुर्वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनं चक्षुर्जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।वैदेहस् स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति
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mantra 4 ##[IV.i.4]## yadeva te kashchidabravIt tachChR^iNavAmety abravInme barkurvArShNash chakShurvai brahmeti | yathA mAtR^imAnpitR^imAnAchAryavAn brUyAt tathA tadvArShNo.abravItch chakShurvai brahmety apashyato hi ki{\m+} syAdity abravIttu te tasyA.a.ayatanaM pratiShThAm | na me.abravIdity ekapAdvA etat samrAD iti | sa vai no brUhi yAj~navalkya | chakShurevA.a.ayatanam AkAshaH pratiShThA satyamityetadupAsIta | kA satyatA yAj~navalkya | chakShureva samrAD iti hovAcha chakShuShA vai samrAT pashyantamAhur adrAkShIriti | sa AhAdrAkShamiti tatsatyaM bhavati chakShurvai samrAT paramaM brahma naina.n chakShurjahAti sarvANyenaM bhUtAnyabhikSharanti | devo bhUtvA devAnapyeti ya evaM vidvAnetadupAste | hastyR^iShabha{\m+} sahasraM dadAmIti hovAcha janako vaidehaH | vaidehas sa hovAcha yAj~navalkyaH pitA me.amanyata nAnanushiShya hareteti
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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Barku Vârshna told me that sight (kakshus) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
कितु यदि वृक्षको काट दिया जाता है तो अपने सूलसे पुनः ओर भी नवीन होकर अङ्कुरित हो जाता है; इसी प्रकार यदि मनुष्यको मल्ु यदि वृक्षको काट दिया जाय तो वह पुतः-पूनः अपनी जडसे अतिशय नवीन -पहलेको अपेक्षा रेतस इति मा वोचत जीवतस्तत् पजायते । वह वीयसे उत्पन्न होता है-एेसा तो मत कहो, क्योंकि वीयं तो जीवित पुरुषसे ही उत्पन्न होता है मृत पुरुषसे नहीं । वृक्ष भी केवल
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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Barku Vârshna told me that sight (kakshus) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Barku Vârshna tell you that sight is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot see? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The eye is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is true.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that which is true?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, sight itself (is that which is true); for if they say to a man who sees with his eye, "Didst thou see?" and he says, "I saw," then it is true. Sight, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Sight does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र ४ [IV.i.4] यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्य् अब्रवीन्मे बर्कुर्वार्ष्णश् चक्षुर्वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तद्वार्ष्णोऽब्रवीत्च् चक्षुर्वै ब्रह्मेत्य् अपश्यतो हि किँ स्यादित्य् अब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मेऽब्रवीदित्य् एकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । चक्षुरेवाऽऽयतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा सत्यमित्येतदुपासीत । का सत्यता याज्ञवल्क्य । चक्षुरेव सम्राड् इति होवाच चक्षुषा वै सम्राट् पश्यन्तमाहुर् अद्राक्षीरिति । स आहाद्राक्षमिति तत्सत्यं भवति चक्षुर्वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनं चक्षुर्जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । वैदेहस् स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति
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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Barku Vârshna told me that sight (kakshus) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Barku Vârshna tell you that sight is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot see? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The eye is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is true.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that which is true?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, sight itself (is that which is true); for if they say to a man who sees with his eye, "Didst thou see?" and he says, "I saw," then it is true. Sight, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Sight does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'
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Simple explanation
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Sense: Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Barku Vârshna told me that sight (kakshus) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
Sense: Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Barku Vârshna told me that sight (kakshus) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
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कितु यदि वृक्षको काट दिया जाता है तो अपने सूलसे पुनः ओर भी नवीन होकर अङ्कुरित हो जाता है; इसी प्रकार यदि मनुष्यको मल्ु यदि वृक्षको काट दिया जाय तो वह पुतः-पूनः अपनी जडसे अतिशय न…। 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।
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