अथ खलूद्गीथाक्षराण्युपासीतोद्गीथ इति ।प्राण एवोत् प्राणेन ह्युत्तिष्ठति वाग्गीर्वाचो ह गिर इत्याचक्षतेऽन्नं थमन्ने हीदं सर्वं स्थितम्
atha khalūdgīthākṣarāṇyupāsītodgītha iti prāṇa evot prāṇena hyuttiṣṭhati vāggīrvāco ha gira ityācakṣate'nnaṃ thamanne hīdaṃ sarvaṃ sthitam
Etymological meditation on the three syllables: Ud (ascension/breath), Gi (speech/sound), Tha (nourishment/stability).
अर्थMeaning
अब 'उद्गीथ' के अक्षरों की उपासना करे: 'उद्' प्राण है (क्योंकि प्राण से ही सब उठता है), 'गी' वाणी है, और 'थ' अन्न है (क्योंकि अन्न में ही सब स्थित है)।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
Let a man meditate on the syllables of the udgîtha, i. e. of the word udgîtha. Ut is breath (prâna), for by means of breath a man rises (uttishthati). Gî is speech, for speeches are called girah. Tha is food, for by means of food all subsists (sthita).
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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