आकाश एव यस्याऽऽयतनँ श्रोत्रं लोको मनो ज्योतिर्यो वै तं पुरुषं विद्यात्सर्वस्याऽऽत्मनः परायणँ, स वै वेदिता स्याद् याज्ञवल्क्य ।वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषँ सर्वस्याऽऽत्मनः परायणं यमात्थ य एवायँ श्रौत्रः प्रातिश्रुत्कः पुरुषः स एष वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेति ।दिश इति होवाच
ākāśa eva yasyā''yatanam̐ śrotraṃ loko mano jyotiryo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyātsarvasyā''tmanaḥ parāyaṇam̐, sa vai veditā syād yājñavalkya | veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣam̐ sarvasyā''tmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yamāttha ya evāyam̐ śrautraḥ prātiśrutkaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣa vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti | diśa iti hovāca
अर्थMeaning
Sâkalya said: 'Whosoever knows that person whose dwelling is ether, whose sight is the ear, 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. The person who hears and answers, "he is he." But tell me, Sâkalya, who is his devatâ?' Sâkalya replied: 'Space.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
(शाकल्य ने कहा,) 'याज्ञवल्क्य, आकाश ही जिसका आयतन है, श्रोत्र 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 श्रोत्र-सम्बन्धी, प्रतिश्रवण (सुनने और उत्तर देने) वाला पुरुष है, वही वह है। शाकल्य, बोलो, उसका देवता कौन है?' उसने कहा, 'दिशाएँ।'
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