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यावान्वा अयमाकाशस्तावानेषोऽन्तर्हृदय आकाशः ।उभे अस्मिन् द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरेव समाहिते उभावग्नीश्च वायुश्च सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ विद्युन्नक्षत्राणि
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
yāvānvā ayamākāśastāvāneṣo'ntarhṛdaya ākāśaḥ | ubhe asmin dyāvāpṛthivī antareva samāhite ubhāvagnīśca vāyuśca sūryācandramasāvubhau vidyunnakṣatrāṇi
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
The most astonishing claim in any Upanishad: the inner space of the heart is not smaller than the outer cosmos but equal to it. The Dahara Vidya (meditation on the small) reveals that the apparently small — the heart-space within — actually contains everything that exists. This is not metaphor. It is the discovery that consciousness is not contained within the body but the body and the entire cosmos are contained within consciousness.
जितना यह बाह्य आकाश है, उतना ही यह हृदय-आकाश है। द्यौ और पृथ्वी दोनों इसमें समाहित हैं, अग्नि और वायु दोनों, सूर्य और चन्द्रमा दोनों, विद्युत और नक्षत्र — सब इसी में हैं।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
As vast as is this outer space, so vast is the space within the heart. Both heaven and earth are contained within it, both fire and air, both sun and moon, lightning and stars.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
परम्परागत भाष्यTraditional commentaryTraditional Commentary (परम्परागत भाष्य)परम्परागत भाष्य
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
यावान्वा अयमाकाशस्तावानेषोऽन्तर्हृदय आकाशः । उभे अस्मिन् द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरेव समाहिते उभावग्नीश्च वायुश्च सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ विद्युन्नक्षत्राणि ॥
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
As vast as is this outer space, so vast is the space within the heart. Both heaven and earth are contained within it, both fire and air, both sun and moon, lightning and stars.
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
The most astonishing claim in any Upanishad: the inner space of the heart is not smaller than the outer cosmos but equal to it. The Dahara Vidya (meditation on the small) reveals that the apparently small — the heart-space within — actually contains everything that exists. This is not metaphor. It is the discovery that consciousness is not contained within the body but the body and the entire cosmos are contained within consciousness.
The most astonishing claim in any Upanishad: the inner space of the heart is not smaller than the outer cosmos but equal to it. The Dahara Vidya (meditation on the small) reveals that the apparently small — the heart-space within — actually contains everything that exists. This is not metaphor. It is the discovery that consciousness is not contained within the body but the body and the entire cosmos are contained within consciousness.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
जितना यह बाह्य आकाश है, उतना ही यह हृदय-आकाश 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/chhandogya.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
- Translations
- Hindi: not flagged as AI · English: not flagged as AI
- Explanation, reflection, research
- Editorial text; no AI flag recorded
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- Licence note (as recorded)
- Sanskrit mūla — public domain. Digitized by sanskritdocuments.org.
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