सा होवाच मैत्रेयी यन्नु म इयं भगोः सर्वा पृथिवी वित्तेन पूर्णा स्यात् स्यां न्वहं तेनामृताऽऽहो३ नेति नेति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यो यथैवोपकरणवतां जीवितं तथैव ते जीवितँ स्यादमृतत्वस्य तु नाऽऽशाऽस्ति वित्तेनेति
sā hovāca maitreyī yannu ma iyaṃ bhagoḥ sarvā pṛthivī vittena pūrṇā syāt syāṃ nvahaṃ tenāmṛtā''ho3 neti neti hovāca yājñavalkyo yathaivopakaraṇavatāṃ jīvitaṃ tathaiva te jīvitam̐ syādamṛtatvasya tu nā''śā'sti vitteneti
अर्थMeaning
Maitreyî said: 'My Lord, if this whole earth, full of wealth, belonged to me, tell me, should I be immortal by it, or no?' 'No,' replied Yâgñavalkya, 'like the life of rich people will be thy life. But there is no hope of immortality by wealth.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
मैत्रेयी ने कहा, 'भगवन्, यदि धन से भरी यह सारी पृथिवी मेरी हो जाए, तो क्या मैं उससे अमर हो जाऊँगी या नहीं?' याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा, 'नहीं। जैसा साधन-सम्पन्न लोगों का जीवन होता है, वैसा ही तुम्हारा जीवन होगा; पर धन से अमृतत्व की आशा नहीं है।'
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