आत्मैवेदमग्र आसीदेक एव ।सोऽकामयत जाया मे स्यादथ प्रजायेयाथ वित्तं मे स्यात् अथ कर्म कुर्वीयेत्येतावान्वै कामो नेच्छँश्चनातो भूयो विन्देत् तस्मादप्येतर्ह्येकाकी कामयते जाया मे स्यादथ प्रजायेयाथ वित्तं मे स्यादथ कर्म कुर्वीयेति ।स यावदप्येतेषामेकैकं न प्राप्नोत्यकृत्स्न एव तावन् मन्यते ।तस्यो कृत्स्नता ।मन एवास्याऽऽत्मा वाग्जाया प्राणः प्रजा चक्षुर्मानुषं वित्तं चक्षुषा हि तद्विन्दते श्रोत्रं दैवँ श्रोत्रेण हि तच्छृणोत्यात्मैवास्य कर्माऽऽत्मना हि कर्म करोति ।स एष पाङ्क्तो यज्ञः पाङ्क्तः पशुः पाङ्क्तः पुरुषः पाङ्क्तमिदँ सर्वं यदिदं किञ्च ।तदिदँ सर्वमाप्नोति य एवं वेद
ātmaivedamagra āsīdeka eva | so'kāmayata jāyā me syādatha prajāyeyātha vittaṃ me syāt atha karma kurvīyetyetāvānvai kāmo neccham̐ścanāto bhūyo vindet tasmādapyetarhyekākī kāmayate jāyā me syādatha prajāyeyātha vittaṃ me syādatha karma kurvīyeti | sa yāvadapyeteṣāmekaikaṃ na prāpnotyakṛtsna eva tāvan manyate | tasyo kṛtsnatā | mana evāsyā''tmā vāgjāyā prāṇaḥ prajā cakṣurmānuṣaṃ vittaṃ cakṣuṣā hi tadvindate śrotraṃ daivam̐ śrotreṇa hi tacchṛṇotyātmaivāsya karmā''tmanā hi karma karoti | sa eṣa pāṅkto yajñaḥ pāṅktaḥ paśuḥ pāṅktaḥ puruṣaḥ pāṅktamidam̐ sarvaṃ yadidaṃ kiñca | tadidam̐ sarvamāpnoti ya evaṃ veda
अर्थMeaning
In the beginning this was Self alone, one only. He desired, 'Let there be a wife for me that I may have offspring, and let there be wealth for me that I may offer sacrifices.' Verily this is the whole desire, and, even if wishing for more, he would not find it. Therefore now also a lonely person desires, 'Let there be a wife for me that I may have offspring, and let there be wealth for me that I may offer sacrifices.' And so long as he does not obtain either of these things, he thinks he is incomplete. Now his completeness (is made up as follows): mind is his self (husband); speech the wife; breath the child; the eye all worldly wealth, for he finds it with the eye; the ear his divine wealth, for he hears it with the ear. The body (âtman) is his work, for with the body he works. This is the fivefold sacrifice, for fivefold is the animal, fivefold man, fivefold all this whatsoever. He who knows this, obtains all this.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
आरम्भ में यह एक आत्मा ही था। उसने कामना की, 'मेरी पत्नी हो, फिर मैं सन्तान उत्पन्न करूँ; मेरे पास धन हो, फिर मैं कर्म करूँ।' इतनी ही कामना है; चाहने पर भी इससे अधिक नहीं मिलता। इसीलिए आज भी अकेला व्यक्ति कामना करता है, 'मेरी पत्नी हो, फिर मैं सन्तान उत्पन्न करूँ; मेरे पास धन हो, फिर मैं कर्म करूँ।' जब तक वह इनमें से एक-एक को नहीं पा लेता, तब तक अपने को अपूर्ण ही मानता है। उसकी पूर्णता यह है: मन ही उसका आत्मा है, वाणी पत्नी, प्राण सन्तान, नेत्र मानुष धन, क्योंकि नेत्र से वह उसे पाता है; श्रोत्र दैव धन, क्योंकि श्रोत्र से वह उसे सुनता है; और शरीर ही उसका कर्म है, क्योंकि शरीर से वह कर्म करता है। यह यज्ञ पाँच अंगों वाला (पाङ्क्त) है, पशु पाङ्क्त है, पुरुष पाङ्क्त है, और जो कुछ यह है, वह सब पाङ्क्त है। जो ऐसा जानता है, वह यह सब प्राप्त करता है।
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