स वै नैव रेमे तस्मादेकाकी न रमते ।स द्वितीयमैच्छत् स हैतावानास यथा स्त्रीपुमाँसौ सम्परिष्वक्तौ ।स इममेवाऽऽत्मानं द्वेधाऽपातयत् ।ततः पतिश्च पत्नी चाभवताम् ।तस्मादिदमर्धबृगलमिव स्व इति ह स्माऽऽह याज्ञवल्क्यस्तस्मादयमाकाशः स्त्रिया पूर्यत एव ।ताँ समभवत् ततो मनुष्या अजायन्त
sa vai naiva reme tasmādekākī na ramate | sa dvitīyamaicchat sa haitāvānāsa yathā strīpumām̐sau sampariṣvaktau | sa imamevā''tmānaṃ dvedhā'pātayat | tataḥ patiśca patnī cābhavatām | tasmādidamardhabṛgalamiva sva iti ha smā''ha yājñavalkyastasmādayamākāśaḥ striyā pūryata eva | tām̐ samabhavat tato manuṣyā ajāyanta
अर्थMeaning
But he felt no delight. Therefore a man who is lonely feels no delight. He wished for a second. He was so large as man and wife together. He then made this his Self to fall in two (pat), and thence arose husband (pati) and wife (patnî). Therefore Yâgñavalkya said: 'We two are thus (each of us) like half a shell .' Therefore the void which was there, is filled by the wife. He embraced her, and men were born.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
उसे आनन्द नहीं मिला; इसीलिए अकेला व्यक्ति आनन्दित नहीं होता। उसने दूसरे की इच्छा की। वह उतना (बड़ा) था जितने आलिंगित स्त्री और पुरुष होते हैं। उसने अपने इसी शरीर को दो भागों में गिराया (पातयत्); उससे पति और पत्नी हुए। इसलिए याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा था कि यह (शरीर) अपना आधा भाग है, जैसे (दाल का) आधा दाना; इसलिए यह रिक्त स्थान स्त्री से ही भरता है। उसने उससे संयोग किया, उससे मनुष्य उत्पन्न हुए।
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