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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 24.4.3.20

मूल पाठSource scriptureOriginal Sanskritमूल संस्कृत

ता वा अस्यैता हिता नाम नाड्यो यथा केशः सहस्रधा भिन्नस्तावताऽणिम्ना तिष्ठन्ति शुक्लस्य नीलस्य पिङ्गलस्य हरितस्य लोहितस्य पूर्णा ।नीलस्य पिङ्गलस्य हरितस्य लोहितस्य पूर्णासथ यत्रैनं घ्नन्तीव जिनन्तीव हस्तीव विच्छाययति गर्तमिव पतति यदेव जाग्रद्भयं पश्यति तदत्राविद्यया मन्यतेऽथ यत्र देव इव राजेवाहमेवेदँ सर्वोऽस्मीति मन्यते सोऽस्य परमो लोकाः

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'There are in his body the veins called Hitâ, which are as small as a hair divided a thousandfold, full of white, blue, yellow, green, and red . Now when, as it were, they kill him, when, as it were they overcome him, when, as it were, an elephant chases him, when, as it were, he falls into a well, he fancies, through ignorance, that danger which he (commonly) sees in waking. But when he fancies that he is, as it were, a god, or that he is, as it were, a king , or "I am this altogether," that is his highest world .

Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.

व्याख्याVyakhya
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'इसकी (शरीर में) 'हिता' नामक नाड़ियाँ हैं, जो एक केश के सहस्र भाग जितनी सूक्ष्म हैं, और श्वेत, नील, पिंगल (भूरे), हरे और लाल (रस) से भरी हैं। (स्वप्न में) जब मानो इसे कोई मारता है, मानो वश में करता है, मानो हाथी इसका पीछा करता है, मानो यह गड्ढे में गिरता है, तब जाग्रत में जो भय देखता है, उसी को यहाँ अविद्या से (सत्य) मान लेता है। और जब यह मानो देवता के समान, मानो राजा के समान, 'मैं ही यह सब हूँ' ऐसा मानता है, वह इसका परम लोक है।'

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Bhagavad Gita 3.35

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Sanskrit Text (मूल श्लोक / मंत्र)

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्

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Better is one's own dharma though imperfectly performed than the dharma of another well performed.

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