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॥ स्मरो वावाकाशाद्भूयस्तस्माद्यद्यपि बहव आसीरन्न स्मरन्तो नैव ते कंचन शृणुयुर्न मन्वीरन्न विजानीरन्यदा वाव ते स्मरेयुरथ शृणुयुरथ मन्वीरन्नथ विजानीरन्स्मरेण वै पुत्रान्विजानाति स्मरेण पशून्स्मरमुपास्स्वेति
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|| smaro vAvAkAshAdbhUyastasmAdyadyapi bahava AsIranna smaranto naiva te kaMchana shR^iNuyurna manvIranna vijAnIranyadA vAva te smareyuratha shR^iNuyuratha manvIrannatha vijAnIransmareNa vai putrAnvijAnAti smareNa pashUnsmaramupAssveti
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपयंन्तस्य हि जगतः सत्य ह्ली जानने योग्य है नृतब्रह्मविज्ञानेन परितुष्टमकृताथं सनक्कमार-- जो सत्य ८ परमां सत्य भात्माके विज्ञान ) के कारण अतिवदन करता है वदी निश्चय अतिवदन करता है । नारद- भगवन् य तो परमां सव्य विज्ञानके कारण ही अति- जिस समय पुरुष सत्यको विकेषरूपसे जानता है तभी वह स बोरुता है, बिना जाने सत्य नहीं बोरुता; अपितु विरोषषूपसे जानने- वाखा ही सत्यका फथन करता है । अतः विज्ञानकी ही विशेषषूपसे
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
'Memory (smara) is better than ether. Therefore where many are assembled together, if they have no memory, they would hear no one, they would not perceive, they would not understand. Through memory we know our sons, through memory our cattle. Meditate on memory.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ स्मरो वावाकाशाद्भूयस्तस्माद्यद्यपि बहव आसीरन्न स्मरन्तो नैव ते कंचन शृणुयुर्न मन्वीरन्न विजानीरन्यदा वाव ते स्मरेयुरथ शृणुयुरथ मन्वीरन्नथ विजानीरन्स्मरेण वै पुत्रान्विजानाति स्मरेण पशून्स्मरमुपास्स्वेति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
'Memory (smara) is better than ether. Therefore where many are assembled together, if they have no memory, they would hear no one, they would not perceive, they would not understand. Through memory we know our sons, through memory our cattle. Meditate on memory.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'Memory (smara) is better than ether. Therefore where many are assembled together, if they have no memory, they would hear no one, they would not perceive, they would not understand. Through memory we know our sons, through memory our cattle. Meditate on memory.
Sense: 'Memory (smara) is better than ether. Therefore where many are assembled together, if they have no memory, they would hear no one, they would not perceive, they would not understand. Through memory we know our sons, through memory our cattle. Meditate on memory.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपयंन्तस्य हि जगतः सत्य ह्ली जानने योग्य है नृतब्रह्मविज्ञानेन परितुष्टमकृताथं सनक्कमार-- जो सत्य ८ परमां सत्य भात्माके विज्ञान ) के कारण अतिवदन करता है वदी निश्चय…। 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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- Explanation, reflection, research
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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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