किन्देवतोऽस्यां ध्रुवायां दिश्यसीत्यग्निदेवत इति ।सोऽग्निः कस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठित इति वाचीति ।कस्मिन्नु वाक्प्रतिष्ठितेति हृदय इति ।कस्मिन्नु हृदयं प्रतिष्ठितमिति
kindevato'syāṃ dhruvāyāṃ diśyasītyagnidevata iti | so'gniḥ kasminpratiṣṭhita iti vācīti | kasminnu vākpratiṣṭhiteti hṛdaya iti | kasminnu hṛdayaṃ pratiṣṭhitamiti
अर्थMeaning
Sâkalya said: 'Which is thy deity in the zenith?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Agni.' Sâkalya said: 'In what does that Agni abide.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'In speech.' Sâkalya said: 'And in what does speech abide Yâgñavalkya said: 'In the heart.' Sâkalya said: 'And in what does the heart abide?'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'इस ध्रुव (ऊर्ध्व) दिशा में तुम किस देवता वाले हो?' 'अग्नि देवता वाला।' 'वह अग्नि किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?' 'वाणी में।' 'वाणी किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?' 'हृदय में।' 'हृदय किसमें प्रतिष्ठित है?'
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