किन्देवतोऽस्यां प्रतीच्यां दिश्यसीति ।वरुणदेवत इति ।स वरुणः कस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठित इत्यप्स्विति ।कस्मिन्न्वापः प्रतिष्ठितेति रेतसीति ।कस्मिन्नु रेतः प्रतिष्ठितेति इति हृदय इति तस्मादपि प्रतिरूपं जातमाहुर्हृदयादिव सृप्तो हृदयादिव निर्मित इति हृदये ह्येव रेतः प्रतिष्ठितं भवतीत्येवमेवैतद् याज्ञवल्क्य
kindevato'syāṃ pratīcyāṃ diśyasīti | varuṇadevata iti | sa varuṇaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita ityapsviti | kasminnvāpaḥ pratiṣṭhiteti retasīti | kasminnu retaḥ pratiṣṭhiteti iti hṛdaya iti tasmādapi pratirūpaṃ jātamāhurhṛdayādiva sṛpto hṛdayādiva nirmita iti hṛdaye hyeva retaḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhavatītyevamevaitad yājñavalkya
अर्थMeaning
Sâkalya said: 'Which is thy deity in the Western quarter?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Varuna.' Sâkalya said: 'In what does that Varuna abide?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'In the water.' Sâkalya said: 'In what does the water abide?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'In the seed.' Sâkalya said: 'And in what does the seed abide?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'In the heart. And therefore also they say of a son who is like his father, that he seems as if slipt from his heart, or made from his heart; for the seed abides in the heart.' Sâkalya said: 'So it is indeed, O Yâgñavalkya.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'इस पश्चिम दिशा में तुम किस देवता वाले हो?' 'वरुण देवता वाला।' 'वह वरुण किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?' 'जल में।' 'जल किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?' 'वीर्य में।' 'वीर्य किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?' 'हृदय में। इसीलिए पिता के अनुरूप उत्पन्न पुत्र के विषय में कहते हैं कि यह मानो उसके हृदय से निकला है, मानो हृदय से बना है; क्योंकि वीर्य हृदय में ही प्रतिष्ठित है।' (शाकल्य ने कहा,) 'याज्ञवल्क्य, यह ऐसा ही है।'
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