याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच यदिदँ सर्वं पूर्वपक्षापरपक्षाभ्यामाप्तँ, सर्वं पूर्वपक्षापरपक्षाभ्यामभिपन्नं केन यजमानः पूर्वपक्षापरपक्षयोराप्तिमतिमुच्यत इत्युद्गात्रर्त्विजा वायुना प्राणेन प्राणो वै यज्ञस्योद्गाता ।तद्योऽयं प्राणः स वायुः स उद्गाता सा मुक्तिः साऽतिमुक्तिः
yājñavalkyeti hovāca yadidam̐ sarvaṃ pūrvapakṣāparapakṣābhyāmāptam̐, sarvaṃ pūrvapakṣāparapakṣābhyāmabhipannaṃ kena yajamānaḥ pūrvapakṣāparapakṣayorāptimatimucyata ityudgātrartvijā vāyunā prāṇena prāṇo vai yajñasyodgātā | tadyo'yaṃ prāṇaḥ sa vāyuḥ sa udgātā sā muktiḥ sā'timuktiḥ
अर्थMeaning
'Yâgñavalkya,' he said, 'everything here is reached by the waxing and waning of the moon, everything is overcome by the waxing and waning of the moon. By what means then is the sacrificer freed beyond the reach of the waxing and waning of the moon?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'By the Udgâtri priest, who is Vâyu (the wind), who is the breath. For the breath is the Udgâtri of the sacrifice, and the breath is the wind, and he is the Udgâtri. This constitutes freedom, and perfect freedom.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
(अश्वल ने) कहा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, यह सब शुक्ल और कृष्ण पक्ष से व्याप्त है, सब इनके वश में है; तो यजमान किस साधन से शुक्ल और कृष्ण पक्ष की व्याप्ति से पार होकर मुक्त होता है?' (याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा,) 'उद्गाता ऋत्विक् के द्वारा, जो वायु है, जो प्राण है। प्राण ही यज्ञ का उद्गाता है। यह जो प्राण है, वह वायु है; वह उद्गाता है; वह मुक्ति है, वह अतिमुक्ति है।'
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