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Adhyāya 4 · Brāhmaṇa 2

4 श्लोक

पूर्ण अध्याय पाठ4 श्लोक

अध्याय 23

श्लोक 4.2.1

जनको ह वैदेहः कूर्चादुपावसर्पन्नुवाच नमस्तेऽस्तु याज्ञवल्क्यानु मा शाधीति ।स होवाच यथा वै सम्राण् महान्तमध्वानमेष्यन्रथं वा नावं वा समाददीतैवमेवैताभिरुपनिषद्भिः समाहितात्माऽस्यसि एवं वृन्दारक आढ्यः सन्नधीतवेद उक्तोपनिषत्क इतो विमुच्यमानः क्व गमिष्यसीति ।नाहं तद् भगवन् वेद यत्र गमिष्यामीत्यथ वै तेऽहं तद्वक्ष्यामि यत्र गमिष्यसीति ।ब्रवीतु भगवानिति

janako ha vaidehaḥ kūrcādupāvasarpannuvāca namaste'stu yājñavalkyānu mā śādhīti | sa hovāca yathā vai samrāṇ mahāntamadhvānameṣyanrathaṃ vā nāvaṃ vā samādadītaivamevaitābhirupaniṣadbhiḥ samāhitātmā'syasi evaṃ vṛndāraka āḍhyaḥ sannadhītaveda uktopaniṣatka ito vimucyamānaḥ kva gamiṣyasīti | nāhaṃ tad bhagavan veda yatra gamiṣyāmītyatha vai te'haṃ tadvakṣyāmi yatra gamiṣyasīti | bravītu bhagavāniti

English

Ganaka Vaideha, descending from his throne, said: 'I bow to you, O Yâgñavalkya, teach me.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, as a man who wishes to make a long journey, would furnish himself with a chariot or a ship, thus is your mind well furnished by these Upanishads . You are honourable, and wealthy, you have learnt the Vedas and been told the Upanishads. Whither then will you go when departing hence?' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Sir, I do not know whither I shall go.' Yâgñavalkya said: 'Then I shall tell you this, whither you will go.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Tell it, Sir.'

अध्याय 23

श्लोक 4.2.2

इन्धो ह वै नामैष योऽयं दक्षिणेऽक्षन्पुरुषस्तं वा एतमिन्धँ सन्तमिन्द्र इत्याचक्षते परोक्षेणैव परोक्षप्रिया इव हि देवाः प्रत्यक्षद्विषः

indho ha vai nāmaiṣa yo'yaṃ dakṣiṇe'kṣanpuruṣastaṃ vā etamindham̐ santamindra ityācakṣate parokṣeṇaiva parokṣapriyā iva hi devāḥ pratyakṣadviṣaḥ

English

Yâgñavalkya said: 'That person who is in the right eye , he is called Indha, and him who is Indha they call indeed Indra mysteriously, for the gods love what is mysterious, and dislike what is evident.

अध्याय 23

श्लोक 4.2.3

अथैतद्वामेऽक्षणि पुरुषरूपमेषाऽस्य पत्नी विराट् तयोरेष सँस्तावो य एषोऽन्तर्हृदय आकाशोऽथैनयोरेतदन्नं य एषोऽन्तर्हृदये लोहितपिण्डोऽथैनयोरेतत्प्रावरणं यदेतदन्तर्हृदये जालकमिवाथैनयोरेषा सृतिः सञ्चरणी यैषा हृदयादूर्ध्वा नाड्युच्चरति ।यथा केशः सहस्रधा भिन्न एवमस्यैता हिता नाम नाड्योऽन्तर्हृदये प्रतिष्ठिता भवन्त्येवमस्य एताशितास्नाम नाड्यसन्तर्हृदये प्रतिष्ठितास्भवन्ति एताभिर्वा एतदास्रवदास्रवति तस्मादेष प्रविविक्ताहारतर इवैव भवत्यस्माच्छारीरादात्मनः

athaitadvāme'kṣaṇi puruṣarūpameṣā'sya patnī virāṭ tayoreṣa sam̐stāvo ya eṣo'ntarhṛdaya ākāśo'thainayoretadannaṃ ya eṣo'ntarhṛdaye lohitapiṇḍo'thainayoretatprāvaraṇaṃ yadetadantarhṛdaye jālakamivāthainayoreṣā sṛtiḥ sañcaraṇī yaiṣā hṛdayādūrdhvā nāḍyuccarati | yathā keśaḥ sahasradhā bhinna evamasyaitā hitā nāma nāḍyo'ntarhṛdaye pratiṣṭhitā bhavantyevamasya etāśitāsnāma nāḍyasantarhṛdaye pratiṣṭhitāsbhavanti etābhirvā etadāsravadāsravati tasmādeṣa praviviktāhāratara ivaiva bhavatyasmācchārīrādātmanaḥ

English

'Now that which in the shape of a person is in the right eye, is his wife, Virâg . Their meeting-place is the ether within the heart, and their food the red lump within the heart. Again, their covering is that which is like net-work within the heart, and the road on which they move (from sleep to waking) is the artery that rises upwards from the heart. Like a hair divided into a thousand parts, so are the veins of it, which are called Hita , placed firmly within the heart. Through these indeed that (food) flows on flowing, and he (the Taigasa) receives as it were purer food than the corporeal Self (the Vaisvânara).

अध्याय 23

श्लोक 4.2.4

तस्य प्राची दिक्प्राञ्चः प्राणाः दक्षिणा दिग्दक्षिणे प्राणाः प्रतीची दिक्प्रत्यञ्चः प्राणा उदीची दिगुदञ्चः प्राणाः ऊर्ध्वा दिगूर्ध्वाः प्राणाः अवाची दिगवाञ्चः प्राणाः सर्वा दिशः सर्वे प्राणाः ।स एष नेति नेत्याऽत्मागृह्यो न हि गृह्यतेऽशीर्यो न हि शीर्यतेऽसङ्गो न हि सज्यतेऽसितो न व्यथते न रिष्यत्य्व्यथते असङ्गस्न हि सज्यते असितस्न व्यथते न रिष्यति अभयं वै जनक प्राप्तोऽसीति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः ।स होवाच जनको वैदेहोऽभयं त्वा गच्छताद् याज्ञवल्क्य यो नो भगवन्न् अभयं वेदयसे नमस्तेऽस्त्विमे विदेहा अयमहमस्मि

tasya prācī dikprāñcaḥ prāṇāḥ dakṣiṇā digdakṣiṇe prāṇāḥ pratīcī dikpratyañcaḥ prāṇā udīcī digudañcaḥ prāṇāḥ ūrdhvā digūrdhvāḥ prāṇāḥ avācī digavāñcaḥ prāṇāḥ sarvā diśaḥ sarve prāṇāḥ | sa eṣa neti netyā'tmāgṛhyo na hi gṛhyate'śīryo na hi śīryate'saṅgo na hi sajyate'sito na vyathate na riṣyatyvyathate asaṅgasna hi sajyate asitasna vyathate na riṣyati abhayaṃ vai janaka prāpto'sīti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ | sa hovāca janako vaideho'bhayaṃ tvā gacchatād yājñavalkya yo no bhagavann abhayaṃ vedayase namaste'stvime videhā ayamahamasmi

English

'His (the Taigasa's) Eastern quarter are the prânas (breath) which go to the East; 'His Southern quarter are the prânas which go to the South; 'His Western quarter are the prânas which go to the West; 'His Northern quarter are the prânas which go to the North; 'His Upper (Zenith) quarter are the prânas which go upward; 'His Lower (Nadir) quarter are the prânas which go downward; 'All the quarters are all the prânas. And he (the Âtman in that state) can only be described by No , no! He is incomprehensible, for he cannot be comprehended; he is undecaying, for he cannot decay; he is not attached, for he does not attach himself; he is unbound, he does not suffer, he does not perish. O Ganaka, you have indeed reached fearlessness,'--thus said Yâgñavalkya. Then Ganaka said: 'May that fearlessness come to you also who teachest us fearlessness. I bow to you. Here are the Videhas, and here am I (thy slave).'

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

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