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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 21.3.9.4

मूल पाठSource scriptureOriginal Sanskritमूल संस्कृत

कतमे रुद्रा इति ।दशेमे पुरुषे प्राणा आत्मैकादशस्ते यदाऽस्माच्छरीरान्मर्त्यादुत्क्रामन्त्यथ रोदयन्ति तद्यद्रोदयन्ति तस्माद्रुद्रा इति

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He asked: 'Who are the Rudras?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñânendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Âtman , as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti), and because they make us cry, they are called Rudras.'

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'रुद्र कौन हैं?' 'पुरुष में ये दस प्राण (इन्द्रियाँ) और ग्यारहवाँ आत्मा (मन)। जब ये इस मर्त्य शरीर से निकलते हैं, तब (सम्बन्धियों को) रुलाते हैं; क्योंकि ये रुलाते हैं, इसलिए रुद्र कहलाते हैं।'

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Bhagavad Gita 2.20

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Sanskrit Text (मूल श्लोक / मंत्र)

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः

Translation / Meaning (भावार्थ)

The Self is never born and never dies. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, it is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.

Why This is Connected (सम्बन्ध का आधार)

Listed beside Atman in this library. The link does not say the passages teach the same thing.

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समानांतर संदर्भ व श्लोक (Cross-Scriptural Parallels)

इसी दार्शनिक तत्त्व पर अन्य वैदिक ग्रंथों और उपनिषदों के प्रेरक संदर्भ

AtmanBhagavad Gita 2.20
श्लोक देखें

"The Self is never born and never dies. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, it is not destroyed when the body is destroyed."

AtmanBhagavad Gita 2.23
श्लोक देखें

"The soul cannot be cut by weapons, burned by fire, wet by water, or dried by the wind."

AtmanChandogya Upanishad 6.8.7
श्लोक देखें

"That thou art — the Self within you is identical with the Supreme Reality."