रूपाण्येव यस्याऽऽयतनं चक्षुर्लोको मनो ज्योतिर्यो वै तं पुरुषं विद्यात्सर्वस्याऽऽत्मनः परायणँ, परायणं स वै वेदिता स्याद् याज्ञवल्क्य ।वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषँ सर्वस्याऽऽत्मनः परायणं यमात्थ य एवायमादर्शे पुरुषः स एष वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेत्यसुरिति होवाच
rūpāṇyeva yasyā''yatanaṃ cakṣurloko mano jyotiryo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyātsarvasyā''tmanaḥ parāyaṇam̐, parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syād yājñavalkya | veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣam̐ sarvasyā''tmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yamāttha ya evāyamādarśe puruṣaḥ sa eṣa vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devatetyasuriti hovāca
अर्थMeaning
Sâkalya said: 'Whosoever knows that person whose dwelling are (bright) colours, whose sight is the eye, whose mind is light,--the principle of every self, he indeed is a teacher, O Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'I know that person, the principle of every self, of whom thou speakest. The person in the looking-glass, "he is he." But tell me, Sâkalya, who is his devatâ?' Sâkalya replied: 'Vital breath' (asu).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
(शाकल्य ने कहा,) 'याज्ञवल्क्य, (उज्ज्वल) रूप ही जिसका आयतन है, नेत्र जिसका लोक है, मन जिसकी ज्योति है, उस पुरुष को जो सब आत्माओं का परम आश्रय जानता है, वही ज्ञाता है।' (याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा,) 'तुम जिसे सब आत्माओं का परम आश्रय कहते हो, उस पुरुष को मैं जानता हूँ: यह जो दर्पण में पुरुष है, वही वह है। शाकल्य, बोलो, उसका देवता कौन है?' उसने कहा, 'असु (प्राण)।'
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