स होवाचैतद्वै तदक्षरऽ गार्गि ब्राह्मणा अभिवदन्त्यस्थूलमनण्वह्रस्वमदीर्घमलोहितमस्नेहमच्छायमतमो- ऽवाय्वनाकाशमसङ्गं अचक्षुष्कमश्रोत्रमवाग् अमनोऽतेजस्कमप्राणममुखममात्रं अनन्तरमबाह्यं न तदश्नाति किं चन न तदश्नाति कश्चन
sa hovācaitadvai tadakṣara' gārgi brāhmaṇā abhivadantyasthūlamanaṇvahrasvamadīrghamalohitamasnehamacchāyamatamo- 'vāyvanākāśamasaṅgaṃ acakṣuṣkamaśrotramavāg amano'tejaskamaprāṇamamukhamamātraṃ anantaramabāhyaṃ na tadaśnāti kiṃ cana na tadaśnāti kaścana
अर्थMeaning
He said: 'O Gârgî, the Brâhmanas call this the Akshara (the imperishable). It is neither coarse nor fine, neither short nor long, neither red (like fire) nor fluid (like water); it is without shadow, without darkness, without air, without ether, without attachment , without taste, without smell, without eyes, without ears, without speech, without mind, without light (vigour), without breath, without a mouth (or door), without measure, having no within and no without, it devours nothing, and no one devours it.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
उसने कहा, 'गार्गी, इसे ब्राह्मण 'अक्षर' (अविनाशी) कहते हैं। वह न स्थूल है, न सूक्ष्म; न छोटा, न लम्बा; न लाल (अग्नि-सा), न चिकना (जल-सा); न छाया है, न अन्धकार; न वायु है, न आकाश; वह असंग है, नेत्र-रहित, श्रोत्र-रहित, वाणी-रहित, मन-रहित, तेज-रहित, प्राण-रहित, मुख-रहित और माप-रहित है; उसमें न भीतर है, न बाहर। वह कुछ भी नहीं खाता और उसे कोई नहीं खाता।'
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