वाचं धेनुमुपासीत ।तस्याश्चत्वारः स्तनाः स्वाहाकारो वषट्कारो हन्तकारः स्वधाकारस्तस्यै द्वौ स्तनौ देवा उपजीवन्ति स्वाहाकारं च वषट्कारं च हन्तकारं मनुष्याः स्वधाकारं पितरः ।तस्याः प्राण ऋषभो मनो वत्सः
vācaṃ dhenumupāsīta | tasyāścatvāraḥ stanāḥ svāhākāro vaṣaṭkāro hantakāraḥ svadhākārastasyai dvau stanau devā upajīvanti svāhākāraṃ ca vaṣaṭkāraṃ ca hantakāraṃ manuṣyāḥ svadhākāraṃ pitaraḥ | tasyāḥ prāṇa ṛṣabho mano vatsaḥ
अर्थMeaning
Let him meditate on speech as a cow. Her four udders are the words Svâhâ, Vashat, Hanta, and Svadhâ . The gods live on two of her udders, the Svâhâ and the Vashat, men on the Hanta, the fathers on the Svadhâ. The bull of that cow is breath (prâna), the calf the mind.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
वाणी की गाय के रूप में उपासना करे। उसके चार थन हैं: स्वाहाकार, वषट्कार, हन्तकार और स्वधाकार। उसके दो थनों से देव जीते हैं — स्वाहाकार और वषट्कार से। हन्तकार से मनुष्य, स्वधाकार से पितर। उसका ऋषभ (साँड़) प्राण है, बछड़ा मन है।
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