काम एव यस्याऽऽयतनँ हृदयं लोको मनो ज्योतिर्यो वै तं पुरुषं विद्यात्सर्वस्याऽऽत्मनः परायणँ, स वै वेदिता स्याद् याज्ञवल्क्य ।वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषँ सर्वस्याऽऽत्मनः परायणं यमात्थ य एवायं काममयः पुरुषः स एष वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेति ।स्त्रिय इति होवाच
kāma eva yasyā''yatanam̐ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotiryo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyātsarvasyā''tmanaḥ parāyaṇam̐, sa vai veditā syād yājñavalkya | veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣam̐ sarvasyā''tmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yamāttha ya evāyaṃ kāmamayaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣa vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti | striya iti hovāca
अर्थMeaning
Sâkalya said: 'Whosoever knows that person whose dwelling is love (a body capable of sensual love), whose sight is the heart, whose mind is light.--the principle of every self, he indeed is a teacher, O Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'I know that person, the principle of every self, of whom thou speakest. This love-made (loving) person, he is he." But tell me, Sâkalya, who is his devatâ?' Sâkalya replied: 'The women .'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
(शाकल्य ने कहा,) 'याज्ञवल्क्य, काम ही जिसका आयतन है, हृदय (बुद्धि) जिसका लोक है, मन जिसकी ज्योति है, उस पुरुष को जो सब आत्माओं का परम आश्रय जानता है, वही ज्ञाता है।' (याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा,) 'तुम जिसे सब आत्माओं का परम आश्रय कहते हो, उस पुरुष को मैं जानता हूँ: यह जो काममय पुरुष है, वही वह है। शाकल्य, बोलो, उसका देवता कौन है?' उसने कहा, 'स्त्रियाँ।'
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