तान्होवाच ब्राह्मणा भगवन्तो यो वो ब्रह्मिष्ठः स एता गा उदजतामिति ।ते ह ब्राह्मणा न दधृषुरथ ह याज्ञवल्क्यः स्वमेव ब्रह्मचारिणमुवाचैताः सौम्योदज सामश्रवा३ इति ।ता होदाचकार ।ते ह ब्राह्मणाश्चुक्रुधुः कथं नु नो ब्रह्मिष्ठो ब्रुवीतेत्यथ ह जनकस्य वैदेहस्य होताऽश्वलो बभूव ।स हैनं पप्रच्छ त्वं नु खलु नो याज्ञवल्क्य ब्रह्मिष्ठोऽसी३ इति ।स होवाच नमो वयं ब्रह्मिष्ठाय कुर्मो गोकामा एव वयँ स्म इति ।तँ ह तत एव प्रष्टुं दध्रे होताऽश्वलः
tānhovāca brāhmaṇā bhagavanto yo vo brahmiṣṭhaḥ sa etā gā udajatāmiti | te ha brāhmaṇā na dadhṛṣuratha ha yājñavalkyaḥ svameva brahmacāriṇamuvācaitāḥ saumyodaja sāmaśravā3 iti | tā hodācakāra | te ha brāhmaṇāścukrudhuḥ kathaṃ nu no brahmiṣṭho bruvītetyatha ha janakasya vaidehasya hotā'śvalo babhūva | sa hainaṃ papraccha tvaṃ nu khalu no yājñavalkya brahmiṣṭho'sī3 iti | sa hovāca namo vayaṃ brahmiṣṭhāya kurmo gokāmā eva vayam̐ sma iti | tam̐ ha tata eva praṣṭuṃ dadhre hotā'śvalaḥ
अर्थMeaning
And Ganaka spoke to them: 'Ye venerable Brâhmanas, he who among you is the wisest, let him drive away these cows.' Then those Brâhmanas durst not, but Yâgñavalkya said to his pupil: 'Drive them away, my dear.' He replied: 'O glory of the Sâman ' and drove them away. The Brâhmanas became angry and said: 'How could he call himself the wisest among us?' Now there was Asvala, the Hotri priest of Ganaka Vaideha. He asked him: 'Are you indeed the wisest among us, O Yâgñavalkya?' He replied: 'I bow before the wisest (the best knower of Brahman), but I wish indeed to have these cows.' Then Asvala, the Hotri priest, undertook to question him.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
उसने उनसे कहा, 'पूज्य ब्राह्मणो, आपमें जो सबसे श्रेष्ठ ब्रह्मवेत्ता (ब्रह्मिष्ठ) हो, वह इन गौओं को ले जाए।' उन ब्राह्मणों का साहस नहीं हुआ। तब याज्ञवल्क्य ने अपने ही ब्रह्मचारी से कहा, 'सौम्य सामश्रवा, इन्हें हाँक ले चलो।' वह उन्हें हाँक ले चला। तब वे ब्राह्मण क्रुद्ध हुए, 'यह हममें अपने को ब्रह्मिष्ठ कैसे कहता है?' विदेहराज जनक का होता अश्वल था। उसने याज्ञवल्क्य से पूछा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, क्या तुम्हीं हममें ब्रह्मिष्ठ हो?' उसने कहा, 'हम ब्रह्मिष्ठ को नमस्कार करते हैं; हम तो केवल गौओं की कामना वाले हैं।' तब होता अश्वल ने उससे प्रश्न करने का निश्चय किया।
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