याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच यदिदँ सर्वमहोरात्राभ्यामाप्तँ, सर्वमहोरात्राभ्यामभिपन्नं केन यजमानोऽहोरात्रयोराप्तिमतिमुच्यत इत्यध्वर्युणर्त्विजा चक्षुषाऽऽदित्येन चक्षुर्वै यज्ञस्याध्वर्युस्तद्यदिदं चक्षुः सोऽसावादित्यः सोऽध्वर्युः सा मुक्तिः साऽतिमुक्तिः
yājñavalkyeti hovāca yadidam̐ sarvamahorātrābhyāmāptam̐, sarvamahorātrābhyāmabhipannaṃ kena yajamāno'horātrayorāptimatimucyata ityadhvaryuṇartvijā cakṣuṣā''dityena cakṣurvai yajñasyādhvaryustadyadidaṃ cakṣuḥ so'sāvādityaḥ so'dhvaryuḥ sā muktiḥ sā'timuktiḥ
अर्थMeaning
'Yâgñavalkya,' he said, 'everything here is reached by day and night, everything is overcome by day and night. By what means then is the sacrificer freed beyond the reach of day and night?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'By the Adhvaryu priest, who is the eye, who is Âditya (the sun) . For the eye is the Adhvaryu of the sacrifice, and the eye is the sun, and he is the Adhvaryu. This constitutes freedom, and perfect freedom.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
(अश्वल ने) कहा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, यह सब दिन और रात से व्याप्त है, सब दिन और रात के वश में है; तो यजमान किस साधन से दिन और रात की व्याप्ति से पार होकर मुक्त होता है?' (याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा,) 'अध्वर्यु ऋत्विक् के द्वारा, जो नेत्र है, जो आदित्य है। नेत्र ही यज्ञ का अध्वर्यु है। यह जो नेत्र है, वह यह आदित्य है; वह अध्वर्यु है; वह मुक्ति है, वह अतिमुक्ति है।'
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