याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच यदिदँ सर्वं मृत्योरन्नं का स्वित्सा देवता यस्या मृत्युरन्नमित्यग्निर्वै मृत्युः सोऽपामन्नमप पुनर्मृत्युं जयति
yājñavalkyeti hovāca yadidam̐ sarvaṃ mṛtyorannaṃ kā svitsā devatā yasyā mṛtyurannamityagnirvai mṛtyuḥ so'pāmannamapa punarmṛtyuṃ jayati
अर्थMeaning
'Yâgñavalkya,' he said, 'everything is the food of death. What then is the deity to whom death is food?' 'Fire (agni) is death, and that is the food of water. Death is conquered again.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
(आर्तभाग ने) कहा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, यह सब मृत्यु का अन्न है; तो वह कौन-सा देवता है जिसका अन्न मृत्यु है?' (याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा,) 'अग्नि ही मृत्यु है, और वह जल का अन्न है। (जो ऐसा जानता है, वह) पुनर्मृत्यु को जीत लेता है।'
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