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Adhyāya 4 · Brāhmaṇa 1

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श्लोक 4.1.1

ॐ जनको ह वैदेह आसां चक्रेऽथ ह याज्ञवल्क्य आवव्राज ।तँ होवाच याज्ञवल्क्य किमर्थमचारीः पशूनिच्छन्नण्वन्तानित्युभयमेव सम्राड् इति होवाच

oṃ janako ha vaideha āsāṃ cakre'tha ha yājñavalkya āvavrāja | tam̐ hovāca yājñavalkya kimarthamacārīḥ paśūnicchannaṇvantānityubhayameva samrāḍ iti hovāca

English

When Ganaka Vaideha was sitting (to give audience), Yâgñavalkya approached, and Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Yâgñavalkya, for what object did you come, wishing for cattle, or for subtle questions ?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'For both, Your Majesty;

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श्लोक 4.1.2

यत्ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्यब्रवीन् मे जित्वा शैलिनिर्वाग्वै ब्रह्मेति ।यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तच्छैलिरब्रवीद् वाग्वै ब्रह्मेत्यवदतो हि किँ स्यादित्यब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्येकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।वागेवाऽऽयतनमाकाशः प्रतिष्ठा प्रज्ञेत्येनदुपासीत ।का प्रज्ञता याज्ञवल्क्य ।वागेव सम्राड् इति होवाच वाचा वै सम्राड् बन्धुः प्रज्ञायत ऋग्वेदो यजुर्वेदः सामवेदोऽथर्वाङ्गिरस इतिहासः पुराणं विद्या उपनिषदः श्लोकाः सूत्राण्यनुव्याख्यानानि व्याख्यानानीष्टँ हुतमाशितं पायितमयं च लोकः परश्च लोकः सर्वाणि च भूतानि वाचैव सर्वाणि च भूतानि वाचा एव सम्राट् प्रज्ञायन्ते वाग्वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनं वाग्जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yatte kaścidabravīt tacchṛṇavāmetyabravīn me jitvā śailinirvāgvai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmānpitṛmānācāryavānbrūyāt tathā tacchailirabravīd vāgvai brahmetyavadato hi kim̐ syādityabravīttu te tasyā''yatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me'bravīdityekapādvā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | vāgevā''yatanamākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā prajñetyenadupāsīta | kā prajñatā yājñavalkya | vāgeva samrāḍ iti hovāca vācā vai samrāḍ bandhuḥ prajñāyata ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo'tharvāṅgirasa itihāsaḥ purāṇaṃ vidyā upaniṣadaḥ ślokāḥ sūtrāṇyanuvyākhyānāni vyākhyānānīṣṭam̐ hutamāśitaṃ pāyitamayaṃ ca lokaḥ paraśca lokaḥ sarvāṇi ca bhūtāni vācaiva sarvāṇi ca bhūtāni vācā eva samrāṭ prajñāyante vāgvai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma nainaṃ vāgjahāti sarvāṇyenaṃ bhūtānyabhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devānapyeti ya evaṃ vidvānetadupāste | hastyṛṣabham̐ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ pitā me'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

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'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Gitvan Sailini told me that speech (vâk) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Sailini tell you, that speech is Brahman; for what is the use of a dumb person? But did he tell you the body (âyatana) and the resting-place (pratishthâ) of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only .' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The tongue is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as knowledge.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that knowledge?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, speech itself (is knowledge). For through speech, Your Majesty, a friend is known (to be a friend), and likewise the Rig-Veda, Yagur-veda, Sâma-veda, the Atharvâṅgirasas, the Itihâsa (tradition), Purâna-vidyâ (knowledge of the past), the Upanishads, Slokas (verses), Sûtras (rules), Anuvyâkhyânas and Vyâkhyânas (commentaries , &c.); what is sacrificed, what is poured out, what is (to be) eaten and drunk, this world and the other world, and all creatures. By speech alone, Your Majesty, Brahman is known, speech indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Speech does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'

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श्लोक 4.1.3

यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत्तच्छृणवामेत्यब्रवीन्म ऊदङ्कः शौल्बायनः प्राणो वै ब्रह्मेति ।यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तच्छौल्वायनोऽब्रवीत् प्राणो वै ब्रह्मेत्यप्राणतो हि किँ स्यादित्यब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्येकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।प्राण एवाऽऽयतनमाकाशः प्रतिष्ठा प्रियमित्येनदुपासीत ।का प्रियता याज्ञवल्क्य ।प्राण एव सम्राड् इति होवाच प्राणस्य वै सम्राट् कामायायाज्यं याजयत्यप्रतिगृह्यस्य प्रतिगृह्णात्यपि तत्र वधाशङ्कं भवति यां दिशमेति प्राणस्यैव सम्राट् कामाय प्राणो वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म ।नैनं प्राणो जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yadeva te kaścidabravīttacchṛṇavāmetyabravīnma ūdaṅkaḥ śaulbāyanaḥ prāṇo vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmānpitṛmānācāryavānbrūyāt tathā tacchaulvāyano'bravīt prāṇo vai brahmetyaprāṇato hi kim̐ syādityabravīttu te tasyā''yatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me'bravīdityekapādvā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | prāṇa evā''yatanamākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā priyamityenadupāsīta | kā priyatā yājñavalkya | prāṇa eva samrāḍ iti hovāca prāṇasya vai samrāṭ kāmāyāyājyaṃ yājayatyapratigṛhyasya pratigṛhṇātyapi tatra vadhāśaṅkaṃ bhavati yāṃ diśameti prāṇasyaiva samrāṭ kāmāya prāṇo vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ prāṇo jahāti sarvāṇyenaṃ bhūtānyabhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devānapyeti ya evaṃ vidvānetadupāste | hastyṛṣabham̐ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ pitā me'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

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Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Udaṅka Saulbâyana told me that life (prâna) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Udaṅka Saulbâyana tell you that life is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without life? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Breath is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is dear.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that which is dear?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, life itself (is that which is dear);' because for the sake of life, Your Majesty, a man sacrifices even for him who is unworthy of sacrifice, he accepts presents from him who is not worthy to bestow presents, nay, he goes to a country, even when there is fear of being hurt , for the sake of life. Life, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Life does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'

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श्लोक 4.1.4

यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्यब्रवीन्मे बर्कुर्वार्ष्णश्चक्षुर्वै ब्रह्मेति ।यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तद्वार्ष्णोऽब्रवीत्च्चक्षुर्वै ब्रह्मेत्यपश्यतो हि किँ स्यादित्यब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्येकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।चक्षुरेवाऽऽयतनमाकाशः प्रतिष्ठा सत्यमित्येतदुपासीत ।का सत्यता याज्ञवल्क्य ।चक्षुरेव सम्राड् इति होवाच चक्षुषा वै सम्राट् पश्यन्तमाहुरद्राक्षीरिति ।स आहाद्राक्षमिति तत्सत्यं भवति चक्षुर्वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनं चक्षुर्जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yadeva te kaścidabravīt tacchṛṇavāmetyabravīnme barkurvārṣṇaścakṣurvai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmānpitṛmānācāryavān brūyāt tathā tadvārṣṇo'bravītccakṣurvai brahmetyapaśyato hi kim̐ syādityabravīttu te tasyā''yatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me'bravīdityekapādvā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | cakṣurevā''yatanamākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā satyamityetadupāsīta | kā satyatā yājñavalkya | cakṣureva samrāḍ iti hovāca cakṣuṣā vai samrāṭ paśyantamāhuradrākṣīriti | sa āhādrākṣamiti tatsatyaṃ bhavati cakṣurvai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma nainaṃ cakṣurjahāti sarvāṇyenaṃ bhūtānyabhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devānapyeti ya evaṃ vidvānetadupāste | hastyṛṣabham̐ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ pitā me'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

English

Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Barku Vârshna told me that sight (kakshus) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Barku Vârshna tell you that sight is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot see? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The eye is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is true.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that which is true?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, sight itself (is that which is true); for if they say to a man who sees with his eye, "Didst thou see?" and he says, "I saw," then it is true. Sight, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Sight does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'

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श्लोक 4.1.5

यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्यब्रवीन्मे गर्दभीविपीतो भारद्वाजः श्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तद्भारद्वाजोऽब्रवीच्छ्रोत्रं वै ब्रह्मेत्यशृण्वतो हि किँ स्यादित्यब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्येकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।श्रोत्रमेवाऽऽयतनमाकाशः प्रतिष्ठाऽनन्तमित्येनदुपासीत ।काऽनन्तता याज्ञवल्क्य ।दिश एव सम्राड् इति होवाच तस्माद्वै सम्राड् अपि यां काञ्च दिशं गच्छति नैवास्या अन्तं गच्छत्यनन्ता हि दिशो दिशो वै सम्राट् श्रोत्रँश्रोत्रं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म ।नैनँ श्रोत्रं जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yadeva te kaścidabravīt tacchṛṇavāmetyabravīnme gardabhīvipīto bhāradvājaḥ śrotraṃ vai brahmeti yathā mātṛmānpitṛmānācāryavānbrūyāt tathā tadbhāradvājo'bravīcchrotraṃ vai brahmetyaśṛṇvato hi kim̐ syādityabravīttu te tasyā''yatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me'bravīdityekapādvā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | śrotramevā''yatanamākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā'nantamityenadupāsīta | kā'nantatā yājñavalkya | diśa eva samrāḍ iti hovāca tasmādvai samrāḍ api yāṃ kāñca diśaṃ gacchati naivāsyā antaṃ gacchatyanantā hi diśo diśo vai samrāṭ śrotram̐śrotraṃ vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainam̐ śrotraṃ jahāti sarvāṇyenaṃ bhūtānyabhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devānapyeti ya evaṃ vidvānetadupāste | hastyṛṣabham̐ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ pitā me'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

English

Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga told me that hearing (sruta) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Gardabhîvibhîta Bhâradvâga tell you that hearing is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot hear? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The ear is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as what is endless.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of that which is endless?' Yâgñavalkya, replied: 'Your Majesty, space (disah) itself (is that which is endless), and therefore to whatever space (quarter) he goes, he never comes to the end of it. For space is endless. Space indeed, O King, is hearing , and hearing indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Hearing does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'

अध्याय 22

श्लोक 4.1.6

यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्यब्रवीन्मे सत्यकामो जाबालो मनो वै ब्रह्मेति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तज्जाबालो अब्रवीन् मनो वै ब्रह्मेत्यमनसो हि किँ स्यादित्यब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्येकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।मन एवाऽऽयतनमाकाशः प्रतिष्ठाऽऽनन्द इत्येनदुपासीत ।काऽऽनन्दता याज्ञवल्क्य ।मन एव सम्राड् इति होवाच मनसा वै सम्राट् स्त्रियमभिहार्यते तस्यां प्रतिरूपः पुत्रो जायते स आनन्दो ।मनो वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनं मनो जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yadeva te kaścidabravīt tacchṛṇavāmetyabravīnme satyakāmo jābālo mano vai brahmeti yathā mātṛmānpitṛmānācāryavānbrūyāt tathā tajjābālo abravīn mano vai brahmetyamanaso hi kim̐ syādityabravīttu te tasyā''yatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me'bravīdityekapādvā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | mana evā''yatanamākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā''nanda ityenadupāsīta | kā''nandatā yājñavalkya | mana eva samrāḍ iti hovāca manasā vai samrāṭ striyamabhihāryate tasyāṃ pratirūpaḥ putro jāyate sa ānando | mano vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma nainaṃ mano jahāti sarvāṇyenaṃ bhūtānyabhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devānapyeti ya evaṃ vidvānetadupāste | hastyṛṣabham̐ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ pitā me'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

English

Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Satyakâma Gâbâla told me that mind (manas) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Satyakâma Gâbâla tell you that mind is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without mind? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Mind itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as bliss.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of bliss?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, mind itself; for with the mind does a man desire a woman, and a like son is born of her, and he is bliss. Mind indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Mind does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'

अध्याय 22

श्लोक 4.1.7

यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत् तच्छृणवामेत्यब्रवीन्मे विदग्धः शाकल्यो हृदयं वै ब्रह्मेति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूयात् तथा तच्छाकल्योऽब्रवीद् धृदयं वै ब्रह्मेत्यहृदयस्य हि किँ स्यादित्यब्रवीत्तु ते तस्याऽऽयतनं प्रतिष्ठां ।न मेऽब्रवीदित्येकपाद्वा एतत् सम्राड् इति ।स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य ।हृदयमेवाऽऽयतनमाकाशः प्रतिष्ठा स्थितिरित्येनदुपासीत ।का स्थितिता याज्ञवल्क्य ।हृदयमेव सम्राड् इति होवाच हृदयं वै सम्राट् सर्वेषां भूतानामायतनँ हृदयं वै सम्राट्, सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा हृदये ह्येव सम्राट् सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रतिष्ठितानि भवन्ति हृदयं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म नैनँ हृदयं जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति ।देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते ।हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः ।स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति

yadeva te kaścidabravīt tacchṛṇavāmetyabravīnme vidagdhaḥ śākalyo hṛdayaṃ vai brahmeti yathā mātṛmānpitṛmānācāryavānbrūyāt tathā tacchākalyo'bravīd dhṛdayaṃ vai brahmetyahṛdayasya hi kim̐ syādityabravīttu te tasyā''yatanaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ | na me'bravīdityekapādvā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | hṛdayamevā''yatanamākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā sthitirityenadupāsīta | kā sthititā yājñavalkya | hṛdayameva samrāḍ iti hovāca hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmāyatanam̐ hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ, sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ pratiṣṭhā hṛdaye hyeva samrāṭ sarvāṇi bhūtāni pratiṣṭhitāni bhavanti hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma nainam̐ hṛdayaṃ jahāti sarvāṇyenaṃ bhūtānyabhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devānapyeti ya evaṃ vidvānetadupāste | hastyṛṣabham̐ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ pitā me'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti

English

Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.' Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Vidagdha Sâkalya told me that the heart (hridaya) is Brahman.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Sâkalya tell you that the heart is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of certainty?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'

स्रोत: https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/bribasic.itx · प्राप्त 20/10/2026

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