अथ होवाच ब्राह्मणा भगवन्तो यो वः कामयते स मा पृच्छतु सर्वे वा मा पृच्छत यो वः कामयते तं वः पृच्छामि सर्वान्वा वः पृच्छामीति ।ते ह ब्राह्मणा न दधृषुः
atha hovāca brāhmaṇā bhagavanto yo vaḥ kāmayate sa mā pṛcchatu sarve vā mā pṛcchata yo vaḥ kāmayate taṃ vaḥ pṛcchāmi sarvānvā vaḥ pṛcchāmīti | te ha brāhmaṇā na dadhṛṣuḥ
अर्थMeaning
Then Yâgñavalkya said: 'Reverend Brâhmanas, whosoever among you desires to do so, may now question me. Or question me, all of you. Or whosoever among you desires it, I shall question him, or I shall question all of you. But those Brâhmanas durst not (say anything).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
तब (याज्ञवल्क्य ने) कहा, 'पूज्य ब्राह्मणो, आपमें से जो चाहे, वह मुझसे प्रश्न करे, या आप सब मुझसे प्रश्न करें; अथवा आपमें से जो चाहे, उससे मैं प्रश्न करूँ, या आप सबसे प्रश्न करूँ।' पर उन ब्राह्मणों का साहस नहीं हुआ।
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