कतमे षडित्यग्निश्च पृथिवी च वायुश्चान्तरिक्षं चाऽऽदित्यश्च द्यौश्चैते षड् एते हीदँ सर्वं षडिति
katame ṣaḍityagniśca pṛthivī ca vāyuścāntarikṣaṃ cā''dityaśca dyauścaite ṣaḍ ete hīdam̐ sarvaṃ ṣaḍiti
अर्थMeaning
He asked: 'Who are the six?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Agni (fire), Prithivî (earth), Vâyu (air), Antariksha (sky), Âditya (sun), Dyu (heaven), they are the six, for they are all this, the six.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'छह (देवता) कौन हैं?' 'अग्नि, पृथिवी, वायु, अन्तरिक्ष, आदित्य और द्युलोक, ये छह हैं; क्योंकि यह सब इन्हीं छह (में समाया) है।'
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