एतद्ध वै तज्जनको वैदेहो बुडिलमाश्वतराश्विमुवाच यन्नु हो तद्गायत्रीविदब्रूथा अथ कथँ हस्ती भूतो वहसीति ।मुखँ ह्यस्याः सम्राण् न विदां चकारेति होवाच ।तस्या अग्निरेव मुखं यदि ह वा अपि बह्विवाग्नावभ्यादधति सर्वमेव तत्सन्दहत्येवँ हैवैवंविद् यद्यपि बह्विव पापं कुरुते सर्वमेव तत्सम्प्साय शुद्धः पूतोऽजरोऽमृतः सम्भवति
etaddha vai tajjanako vaideho buḍilamāśvatarāśvimuvāca yannu ho tadgāyatrīvidabrūthā atha katham̐ hastī bhūto vahasīti | mukham̐ hyasyāḥ samrāṇ na vidāṃ cakāreti hovāca | tasyā agnireva mukhaṃ yadi ha vā api bahvivāgnāvabhyādadhati sarvameva tatsandahatyevam̐ haivaivaṃvid yadyapi bahviva pāpaṃ kurute sarvameva tatsampsāya śuddhaḥ pūto'jaro'mṛtaḥ sambhavati
अर्थMeaning
And thus Ganaka Vaideha spoke on this point to Budila Âsvatarâsvi : 'How is it that thou who spokest thus as knowing the Gâyatrî, hast become an elephant and carriest me?' He answered: 'Your Majesty, I did not know its mouth. Agni, fire, is indeed its mouth; and if people pile even what seems much (wood) on the fire, it consumes it all. And thus a man who knows this, even if he commits what seems much evil, consumes it all and becomes pure, clean, and free from decay and death.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
इसी विषय में विदेह के जनक ने बुडिल आश्वतराश्वि से कहा, 'तुमने तो अपने को गायत्री का जानने वाला बताया था; फिर हाथी होकर मुझे कैसे ढो रहे हो?' उसने कहा, 'सम्राट्, मैंने इसका मुख नहीं जाना था।' अग्नि ही इसका मुख है। लोग अग्नि में बहुत-सा भी डाल दें, वह सब जला देती है। ऐसे ही जो ऐसा जानता है, वह बहुत-सा पाप भी करे तो उसे भस्म करके शुद्ध, पवित्र, अजर और अमृत हो जाता है।
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