अस्तमित आदित्ये याज्ञवल्क्य चन्द्रमस्यस्तमिते शान्तेऽग्नौ शान्तायां वाचि किञ्ज्योतिरेवायं पुरुष इत्यात्मैवास्य ज्योतिर्भवत्यात्मनैवायं ज्योतिषाऽऽस्ते पल्ययते कर्म कुरुते विपल्येतीति
astamita āditye yājñavalkya candramasyastamite śānte'gnau śāntāyāṃ vāci kiñjyotirevāyaṃ puruṣa ityātmaivāsya jyotirbhavatyātmanaivāyaṃ jyotiṣā''ste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetīti
अर्थMeaning
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, and the moon has set, and the fire is gone out, and the sound hushed, what is then the light of man?' Yâgñavalkya said: 'The Self indeed is his light; for, having the Self alone as his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'याज्ञवल्क्य, आदित्य के अस्त हो जाने पर, चन्द्रमा के अस्त हो जाने पर, अग्नि के शान्त हो जाने पर और वाणी के भी शान्त हो जाने पर यह पुरुष किस ज्योति वाला होता है?' 'आत्मा ही इसकी ज्योति होता है; आत्मा की ज्योति से ही यह बैठता है, इधर-उधर जाता है, कर्म करता है और लौटता है।'
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