कतम आत्मेति ।योऽयं विज्ञानमयः प्राणेषु हृद्यन्तर्ज्योतिः विज्ञानमयः प्राणेषु हृद्यन्तर्ज्योतिः पुरुषः पुरुषस्स समानः सन्नुभौ लोकावनुसञ्चरति ।ध्यायतीव लेलायतीव स हि स्वप्नो भूत्वेमं लोकमतिक्रामति मृत्यो रूपाणि
katama ātmeti | yo'yaṃ vijñānamayaḥ prāṇeṣu hṛdyantarjyotiḥ vijñānamayaḥ prāṇeṣu hṛdyantarjyotiḥ puruṣaḥ puruṣassa samānaḥ sannubhau lokāvanusañcarati | dhyāyatīva lelāyatīva sa hi svapno bhūtvemaṃ lokamatikrāmati mṛtyo rūpāṇi
अर्थMeaning
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Who is that Self?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'He who is within the heart, surrounded by the Prânas (senses), the person of light, consisting of knowledge. He, remaining the same, wanders along the two worlds , as if thinking, as if moving. During sleep (in dream) he transcends this world and all the forms of death (all that falls under the sway of death, all that is perishable).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'आत्मा कौन-सा है?' 'यह जो प्राणों (इन्द्रियों) में विज्ञानमय, हृदय के भीतर की ज्योति-रूप पुरुष है। वह समान (एक-सा) रहते हुए दोनों लोकों में विचरता है; मानो ध्यान करता है, मानो हिलता-डुलता है। वह स्वप्न होकर (स्वप्न में) इस लोक को और मृत्यु के रूपों को लाँघ जाता है।'
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