स यथा सैन्धवखिल्य उदके प्रास्त उदकमेवानुविलीयेत न हास्योद्ग्रहणायेव न हास्योद्ग्रहणायैव स्याद् यतो यतस्त्वाददीत लवणमेवैवं वा अर इदं महद् भूतमनन्तमपारं विज्ञानघन एवैतेभ्यो भूतेभ्यः समुत्थाय एतेभ्यस्भूतेभ्यस्समुत्थाय तान्येवानुविनश्यति न प्रेत्य सञ्ज्ञाऽस्तीत्यरे ब्रवीमीति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः
sa yathā saindhavakhilya udake prāsta udakamevānuvilīyeta na hāsyodgrahaṇāyeva na hāsyodgrahaṇāyaiva syād yato yatastvādadīta lavaṇamevaivaṃ vā ara idaṃ mahad bhūtamanantamapāraṃ vijñānaghana evaitebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ samutthāya etebhyasbhūtebhyassamutthāya tānyevānuvinaśyati na pretya sañjñā'stītyare bravīmīti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ
अर्थMeaning
'As a lump of salt , when thrown into water, becomes dissolved into water, and could not be taken out again, but wherever we taste (the water) it is salt,--thus verily, O Maitreyî, does this great Being, endless, unlimited, consisting of nothing but knowledge , rise from out these elements, and vanish again in them. When he has departed, there is no more knowledge (name), I say, O Maitreyî.' Thus spoke Yâgñavalkya.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'जैसे नमक का डला जल में डालने पर जल में ही घुल जाता है और उसे फिर निकाला नहीं जा सकता, पर जहाँ-जहाँ से भी (जल) लें, नमकीन ही होता है; वैसे ही, अरी, यह महान्, अनन्त, अपार भूत केवल विज्ञानघन (चैतन्य-घन) है। यह इन भूतों से (पृथक्-सा) उठकर इन्हीं के साथ (नष्ट होते-से) लीन हो जाता है। मरने के बाद (विशेष) संज्ञा नहीं रहती, अरी, यह मैं कहता हूँ।' ऐसा याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा।
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