अथ ये यज्ञेन दानेन तपसा लोकाञ्जयन्ति ते धूममभिसम्भवन्ति धूमाद्रात्रिँ, रात्रेरपक्षीयमाणपक्षं अपक्षीयमाणपक्षाद्यान्षण्मासान्दक्षिणादित्य एति मासेभ्यः पितृलोकं पितृलोकाच्चन्द्रं ते चन्द्रं प्राप्यान्नं भवन्ति ताँस्तत्र देवा यथा सोमँ राजानमाप्यायस्व अपक्षीयस्वेत्येवमेनाँस्तत्र भक्षयन्ति ।तेषां यदा तत्पर्यवैत्यथेममेवाऽऽकाशमभिनिष्पद्यन्ते आकाशाद्वायुं वायोर्वृष्टिं वृष्टेः पृथिवीं ते पृथिवीं प्राप्यान्नं भवन्ति ते पुनः पुरुषाग्नौ हूयन्ते ततो योषाग्नौ जायन्ते ते लोकान्प्रत्युथायिनस्त एवमेवानुपरिवर्तन्तेऽथ य एतौ पन्थानौ न विदुस्ते कीटाः पतङ्गा यदिदं दन्दशूकम्
atha ye yajñena dānena tapasā lokāñjayanti te dhūmamabhisambhavanti dhūmādrātrim̐, rātrerapakṣīyamāṇapakṣaṃ apakṣīyamāṇapakṣādyānṣaṇmāsāndakṣiṇāditya eti māsebhyaḥ pitṛlokaṃ pitṛlokāccandraṃ te candraṃ prāpyānnaṃ bhavanti tām̐statra devā yathā somam̐ rājānamāpyāyasva apakṣīyasvetyevamenām̐statra bhakṣayanti | teṣāṃ yadā tatparyavaityathemamevā''kāśamabhiniṣpadyante ākāśādvāyuṃ vāyorvṛṣṭiṃ vṛṣṭeḥ pṛthivīṃ te pṛthivīṃ prāpyānnaṃ bhavanti te punaḥ puruṣāgnau hūyante tato yoṣāgnau jāyante te lokānpratyuthāyinasta evamevānuparivartante'tha ya etau panthānau na viduste kīṭāḥ pataṅgā yadidaṃ dandaśūkam
अर्थMeaning
'But they who conquer the worlds (future states) by means of sacrifice, charity, and austerity, go to smoke, from smoke to night, from night to the decreasing half of the moon, from the decreasing half of the moon to the six months when the sun goes to the south, from these months to the world of the fathers, from the world of the fathers to the moon. Having reached the moon, they become food, and then the Devas feed on them there, as sacrificers feed on Soma, as it increases and decreases . But when this (the result of their good works on earth) ceases, they return again to that ether, from ether to the air, from the air to rain, from rain to the earth. And when they have reached the earth, they become food, they are offered again in the altar-fire, which is man (see § 11), and thence are born in the fire of woman. Thus they rise up towards the worlds, and go the same round as before. 'Those, however, who know neither of these two paths, become worms, birds,, and creeping things.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'और जो यज्ञ, दान और तप से लोक जीतते हैं, वे धूम को प्राप्त होते हैं, धूम से रात्रि को, रात्रि से कृष्ण पक्ष को, कृष्ण पक्ष से उन छह महीनों को जब आदित्य दक्षिण की ओर जाता है, उन महीनों से पितृलोक को, पितृलोक से चन्द्रमा को। चन्द्रमा पर पहुँचकर वे अन्न हो जाते हैं। देव उन्हें वहाँ ऐसे भक्षण करते हैं जैसे सोम राजा को, यह कहकर कि बढ़ो और घटो। जब वह (कर्मफल) क्षीण होता है, तब वे इसी आकाश में लौटते हैं, आकाश से वायु में, वायु से वृष्टि में, वृष्टि से पृथिवी में। पृथिवी पर पहुँचकर वे अन्न होते हैं। फिर पुरुषरूप अग्नि में उनकी आहुति होती है, और वहाँ से योषारूप अग्नि में जन्म लेते हैं। वे लोकों की ओर उठते हैं और इसी प्रकार फिर-फिर घूमते हैं। जो इन दोनों पथों को नहीं जानते, वे कीट, पतंग और डँसने वाले जन्तु होते हैं।'
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