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यथा सोम्य मधु मधुकृतो निस्तिष्ठन्ति नानात्यृक्षेभ्यः रसं समवहाराम्येकतां रसं गमयन्ति
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
yathā somya madhu madhukṛto nistiṣṭhanti nānātyṛkṣebhyaḥ rasaṃ samavahārāmyekatāṃ rasaṃ gamayanti
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
One of nine beautiful analogies Uddalaka uses: the honey metaphor. Bees gather from countless different flowers — each flower distinct — yet the honey is one. All beings, however diverse in form, share one consciousness. Diversity is real; the underlying unity is the deeper truth.
हे सौम्य! जैसे मधुमक्खियाँ विभिन्न वृक्षों का रस एकत्र करके मधु बनाती हैं — प्रत्येक रस-बिंदु यह नहीं कह सकती कि "मैं इस वृक्ष से हूँ" या "उस वृक्ष से हूँ"...
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
As bees, dear one, gather nectar from many different trees and reduce it to a unity — each drop cannot say "I am from this tree" or "I am from that tree"...
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Classical commentaries represent distinct philosophical darshanas (Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaita). Dharma Granth presents multiple traditional viewpoints without declaring any single tradition as universal or exclusive.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
यथा सोम्य मधु मधुकृतो निस्तिष्ठन्ति नानात्यृक्षेभ्यः रसं समवहाराम्येकतां रसं गमयन्ति ॥
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
As bees, dear one, gather nectar from many different trees and reduce it to a unity — each drop cannot say "I am from this tree" or "I am from that tree"...
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
One of nine beautiful analogies Uddalaka uses: the honey metaphor. Bees gather from countless different flowers — each flower distinct — yet the honey is one. All beings, however diverse in form, share one consciousness. Diversity is real; the underlying unity is the deeper truth.
One of nine beautiful analogies Uddalaka uses: the honey metaphor. Bees gather from countless different flowers — each flower distinct — yet the honey is one. All beings, however diverse in form, share one consciousness. Diversity is real; the underlying unity is the deeper truth.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
हे सौम्य! जैसे मधुमक्खियाँ विभिन्न वृक्षों का रस एकत्र करके मधु बनाती हैं — प्रत्येक रस-बिंदु यह नहीं कह सकती कि "मैं इस वृक्ष से हूँ" या "उस वृक्ष से हूँ"...। 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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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
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