यो वै स संवत्सरः प्रजापतिः षोडशकलोऽयमेव स योऽयमेवंवित्पुरुषस्तस्य वित्तमेव पञ्चदश कला आत्मैवास्य षोडशी कला ।स वित्तेनैवाऽऽ च पूर्यतेऽप च क्षीयते ।तदेतन्नभ्यं यदयमात्मा प्रधिर्वित्तम् ।तस्माद्यद्यपि सर्वज्यानिं जीयत आत्मना चेज्जीवति प्रधिनाऽगादित्येवाऽऽहुः
yo vai sa saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ ṣoḍaśakalo'yameva sa yo'yamevaṃvitpuruṣastasya vittameva pañcadaśa kalā ātmaivāsya ṣoḍaśī kalā | sa vittenaivā'' ca pūryate'pa ca kṣīyate | tadetannabhyaṃ yadayamātmā pradhirvittam | tasmādyadyapi sarvajyāniṃ jīyata ātmanā cejjīvati pradhinā'gādityevā''huḥ
अर्थMeaning
Now verily that Pragâpati, consisting of sixteen digits, who is the year, is the same as a man who knows this. His wealth constitutes the fifteen digits, his Self the sixteenth digit. He is increased and decreased by that wealth. His Self is the nave, his wealth the felly. Therefore even if he loses everything, if he lives but with his Self, people say, he lost the felly (which can be restored again).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
जो वह सोलह कलाओं वाला संवत्सर प्रजापति है, वह यही है जो इस प्रकार जानने वाला पुरुष है। धन ही उसकी पन्द्रह कलाएँ हैं और आत्मा (शरीर) उसकी सोलहवीं कला। वह धन से ही बढ़ता और घटता है। यह जो आत्मा है, वह (रथ-चक्र की) नाभि है और धन उसकी नेमि (परिधि)। इसलिए यदि वह सब कुछ खो दे, पर आत्मा (शरीर) से जीवित रहे, तो लोग यही कहते हैं कि 'यह केवल नेमि खोकर निकल आया।'
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