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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 23.4.2.3

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अथैतद्वामेऽक्षणि पुरुषरूपमेषाऽस्य पत्नी विराट् तयोरेष सँस्तावो य एषोऽन्तर्हृदय आकाशोऽथैनयोरेतदन्नं य एषोऽन्तर्हृदये लोहितपिण्डोऽथैनयोरेतत्प्रावरणं यदेतदन्तर्हृदये जालकमिवाथैनयोरेषा सृतिः सञ्चरणी यैषा हृदयादूर्ध्वा नाड्युच्चरति ।यथा केशः सहस्रधा भिन्न एवमस्यैता हिता नाम नाड्योऽन्तर्हृदये प्रतिष्ठिता भवन्त्येवमस्य एताशितास्नाम नाड्यसन्तर्हृदये प्रतिष्ठितास्भवन्ति एताभिर्वा एतदास्रवदास्रवति तस्मादेष प्रविविक्ताहारतर इवैव भवत्यस्माच्छारीरादात्मनः

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'Now that which in the shape of a person is in the right eye, is his wife, Virâg . Their meeting-place is the ether within the heart, and their food the red lump within the heart. Again, their covering is that which is like net-work within the heart, and the road on which they move (from sleep to waking) is the artery that rises upwards from the heart. Like a hair divided into a thousand parts, so are the veins of it, which are called Hita , placed firmly within the heart. Through these indeed that (food) flows on flowing, and he (the Taigasa) receives as it were purer food than the corporeal Self (the Vaisvânara).

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'और यह जो बाएँ नेत्र में पुरुष-रूप है, वह इसकी पत्नी विराट् है। इन दोनों का मिलन-स्थान हृदय के भीतर का यह आकाश है; इनका अन्न हृदय के भीतर का यह लाल पिण्ड है; इनका ओढ़ना हृदय के भीतर का यह जाल-सा (आवरण) है; और इनके आने-जाने का मार्ग यह नाड़ी है जो हृदय से ऊपर की ओर जाती है। जैसे एक केश के सहस्र भाग किए जाएँ, वैसी (सूक्ष्म) इसकी 'हिता' नामक नाड़ियाँ हृदय के भीतर स्थित हैं। इन्हीं के द्वारा यह (अन्न-रस) बहता हुआ जाता है; इसलिए यह (तैजस आत्मा) इस शारीर (स्थूल) आत्मा की अपेक्षा मानो अधिक सूक्ष्म आहार वाला होता है।'

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Bhagavad Gita 2.20

Bhagavad Gita (श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता)

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.

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