याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच यदिदँ सर्वं मृत्युनाऽऽप्तँ, सर्वं मृत्युनाऽभिपन्नं केन यजमानो मृत्योराप्तिमतिमुच्यत इति ।होत्रर्त्विजाऽइना वाचा वाग्वै यज्ञस्य होता ।तद्येयं वाक् सोऽयमग्निः स होता सा मुक्तिः साऽतिमुक्तिः
yājñavalkyeti hovāca yadidam̐ sarvaṃ mṛtyunā''ptam̐, sarvaṃ mṛtyunā'bhipannaṃ kena yajamāno mṛtyorāptimatimucyata iti | hotrartvijā'inā vācā vāgvai yajñasya hotā | tadyeyaṃ vāk so'yamagniḥ sa hotā sā muktiḥ sā'timuktiḥ
अर्थMeaning
'Yâgñavalkya, he said, 'everything here (connected with the sacrifice) is reached by death, everything is overcome by death. By what means then is the sacrificer freed beyond the reach of death?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'By the Hotri priest, who is Agni (fire), who is speech. For speech is the Hotri of the sacrifice (or the sacrificer), and speech is Agni, and he is the Hotri. This constitutes freedom, and perfect freedom (from death).'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
(अश्वल ने) कहा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, यह सब (यज्ञ-सामग्री) मृत्यु से व्याप्त है, सब मृत्यु के वश में है; तो यजमान किस साधन से मृत्यु की व्याप्ति से पार होकर मुक्त होता है?' (याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा,) 'होता ऋत्विक् के द्वारा, जो अग्नि है, जो वाणी है। वाणी ही यज्ञ का होता है। यह जो वाणी है, वह यह अग्नि है; वह होता है; वह मुक्ति है, वह अतिमुक्ति है।'
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