अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य चन्द्रमस्यस्तमिते शान्तेऽग्नौ किञ्ज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इति ।वागेवास्य ज्योतिर्भवतीति वाचैवायं ज्योतिषास्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीति ।तस्माद्वै सम्राड् अपि यत्र स्वः पाणिर्न विनिर्ज्ञायतेऽथ यत्र वागुच्चरत्युपैव तत्र न्येतीत्येवमेवैतद् याज्ञवल्क्य
astamita āditye yājñavalkya candramasyastamite śānte'gnau kiñjyotirevāyaṃ puruṣa iti | vāgevāsya jyotirbhavatīti vācaivāyaṃ jyotiṣāste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetīti | tasmādvai samrāḍ api yatra svaḥ pāṇirna vinirjñāyate'tha yatra vāguccaratyupaiva tatra nyetītyevamevaitad yājñavalkya
अर्थMeaning
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, and the moon has set, and the fire is gone out, what is then the light of man?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Sound indeed is his light; for, having sound alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns. Therefore, O King, when one cannot see even one's own hand, yet when a sound is raised, one goes towards it.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'So indeed it is, O Yâgñavalkya.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'याज्ञवल्क्य, आदित्य के अस्त हो जाने पर, चन्द्रमा के अस्त हो जाने पर और अग्नि के शान्त हो जाने पर यह पुरुष किस ज्योति वाला होता है?' 'वाणी (शब्द) ही इसकी ज्योति होती है; वाणी की ज्योति से ही यह बैठता है, इधर-उधर जाता है, कर्म करता है और लौटता है। इसीलिए, सम्राट्, जहाँ अपना हाथ भी नहीं दिखता, वहाँ जब कोई शब्द उठता है, तो मनुष्य उसके पास पहुँच जाता है।' 'याज्ञवल्क्य, यह ऐसा ही है।'
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