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मन्त्र ५ [IV.i.5] यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्य् अब्रवीन्मे गर्दभीविपीतो भारद्वाजः श्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तद्भारद्वाजोऽब्रवीच् छ्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेत्य् अशृण्वतो हि किँ स्यादित्य् अब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्य् एकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।श्रोत्रमेवाऽऽयतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठाऽनन्तमित्येनदुपासीत ।काऽनन्तता याज्ञवल्क्य ।दिश एव सम्राड् इति होवाच तस्माद्वै सम्राड् अपि यां काञ्च दिशं गच्छति नैवास्या अन्तं गच्छत्य् अस्यास् अन्तम् गच्छति अनन्ता हि दिशो दिशो वै सम्राट् श्रोत्रँश्रोत्रं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म ।नैनँ श्रोत्रं जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति
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mantra 5 ##[IV.i.5]## yadeva te kashchidabravIt tachChR^iNavAmety abravInme gardabhIvipIto bhAradvAjaH shrotraM vai brahmeti yathA mAtR^imAnpitR^imAnAchAryavAnbrUyAt tathA tadbhAradvAjo.abravIch ChrotraM vai brahmety ashR^iNvato hi ki{\m+} syAdity abravIttu te tasyA.a.ayatanaM pratiShThAm | na me.abravIdity ekapAdvA etat samrAD iti | sa vai no brUhi yAj~navalkya | shrotramevA.a.ayatanam AkAshaH pratiShThA.anantamityenadupAsIta | kA.anantatA yAj~navalkya | disha eva samrAD iti hovAcha tasmAdvai samrAD api yAM kA~ncha dishaM gachChati naivAsyA antaM gachChaty asyAs antam gachChati anantA hi disho disho vai samrAT shrotra{\m+}shrotraM vai samrAT paramaM brahma | naina{\m+} shrotraM jahAti sarvANyenaM bhUtAnyabhikSharanti | devo bhUtvA devAnapyeti ya evaM vidvAnetadupAste | hastyR^iShabha{\m+} sahasraM dadAmIti hovAcha janako vaidehaH | 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: 'Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga told me that hearing (sruta) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
यदि चेदेवं बदथ-रेतसःप्ररो- यदि तुम एला कहो कि वह ९ कहो-एेसा कहना उचित नहीं है; रुत् रेतः प्रजायते, न ुरुषसे हो. उत्यन्न होता है, मरे कटनेके बाद पनः प्रादुर्भाव हो जाताहै कितु जीवके शरीरा इस प्रकार आविर्भाव नहीं देवा यदि वृक्षको भूलसहित उखाड़ दिया जाय तो वह् फिर उत्पन्न नहीं होगा; इसी प्रकार यदि मनुष्यका मृत्यु छेदन कर दे तो वह किस सूलसे उत्पन्न होता है ?॥ ६!
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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga told me that hearing (sruta) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga tell you that hearing is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot hear? 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 ear is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as what is endless.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that which is endless?' Yâgñavalkya, replied: 'Your Majesty, space (disah) itself (is that which is endless), and therefore to whatever space (quarter) he goes, he never comes to the end of it. For space is endless. Space indeed, O King, is hearing , and hearing indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Hearing 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
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मन्त्र ५ [IV.i.5] यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्य् अब्रवीन्मे गर्दभीविपीतो भारद्वाजः श्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तद्भारद्वाजोऽब्रवीच् छ्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेत्य् अशृण्वतो हि किँ स्यादित्य् अब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मेऽब्रवीदित्य् एकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । श्रोत्रमेवाऽऽयतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठाऽनन्तमित्येनदुपासीत । काऽनन्तता याज्ञवल्क्य । दिश एव सम्राड् इति होवाच तस्माद्वै सम्राड् अपि यां काञ्च दिशं गच्छति नैवास्या अन्तं गच्छत्य् अस्यास् अन्तम् गच्छति अनन्ता हि दिशो दिशो वै सम्राट् श्रोत्रँश्रोत्रं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनँ श्रोत्रं जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । 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: 'Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga told me that hearing (sruta) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga tell you that hearing is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot hear? 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 ear is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as what is endless.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that which is endless?' Yâgñavalkya, replied: 'Your Majesty, space (disah) itself (is that which is endless), and therefore to whatever space (quarter) he goes, he never comes to the end of it. For space is endless. Space indeed, O King, is hearing , and hearing indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Hearing 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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Sense: Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga told me that hearing (sruta) 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: 'Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga told me that hearing (sruta) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell,…
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यदि चेदेवं बदथ-रेतसःप्ररो- यदि तुम एला कहो कि वह ९ कहो-एेसा कहना उचित नहीं है; रुत् रेतः प्रजायते, न ुरुषसे हो. उत्यन्न होता है, मरे कटनेके बाद पनः प्रादुर्भाव हो जाताहै कितु ज…। देह के पदार्थ बदलते रहते हैं, पर जानने का बोध बना रहता है। यह पंक्ति उसी अंतर को कहती है — जो बदलता है वह आवरण है, जो जानता है वह निरंतर है।
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