Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 3.9

BrhUpBh_3,8.12 sā hovāca - he brāhmaṇā bhagavantaḥ śṛṇuta madīyaṃ vacaḥ;tadeva bahu manyedhvam;kiṃ tat? yadasmād yājñavalkyānnamaskāreṇa mucyedhvam - asmai namaskāraṃ kṛtvā tadeva bahu manyadhvamityarthaḥ;jayastvasya manasāpi na āśaṃsanīyaḥ, kimuta kāryataḥ;kasmāt? na vai yuṣmākaṃ madhye jātu kadācidapīmaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ brahmodyaṃ prati jetā /
praśnau cenamahyaṃ vakṣyati, na jetā bhaviteti pūrvameva mayā pratijñātam;adyāpi mamāyameva niścayaḥ - brahmodyaṃ pratyetattulyo na kaścid vidyata iti /
tato ha vācaknavyupararāma /
atra antaryāmibrāhmaṇe etad uktam - yaṃ pṛthivī na veda, yaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni na vidiriti ca /
yamantaryāmiṇaṃ na vidurye ca na viduryacca tadakṣaraṃ darśanādakriyākartṛtvena sarveṣāṃ cetanādidhāturityuktam-kastveṣāṃ viśeṣaḥ kiṃ vā sāmānyamiti /
tatra kecidācakṣate-parasya mahāsamudrasthānāyasya brahmaṇo 'kṣarasya apracalitatvarūpasyeṣatpracalitāvasthāntaryāmī;atyantapracalitāvasthā kṣetrajñaḥ, yastaṃ na vedāntaryāmiṇam;tathānyāḥ pañcāvasthāḥ parikalpayanti, tathā aṣṭāvasthā brahmaṇo bhavantīti vadanti /
anye 'kṣarasya śaktaya etā iti vadanti, anantaśaktimadakṣaramiti ca /
anye tvakṣarasya vikārā iti vadanti /
avasthāśaktī tāvannopapadyeto akṣarasya, aśanāyādisaṃsāradharmātītatvaśruteḥ /
na hyaśanāyādyatītatvamaśanāyādidharmavadavasthāvattvaṃ caikasya yugapadupapadyate;tathā śaktimattvaṃ ca /
vikārāvayavatve ca doṣāḥ pradarśitāścaturthe /
tasmādetā asatyāḥ sarvāḥ kalpanāḥ /
kastarhi meda eṣām? upādhikṛta iti brūmaḥ;na svata eṣāṃ medo 'medo vā, saindhavaghanavat prajñānadhanaikarasasvāmāvyāt,"apūrvamanaparamanantaramabāhyam""ayamātmā brahma"iti ca śruteḥ /
"savāhyābhyāntaro hyajaḥ"iti cātharvaṇe /
tasmānnirūpādhikasyātmano nirūpākhyātvānnirviśeṣatvādekatvācca"neti neti"iti vyapadeśo bhavati /
avidyākāmakarmaviśiṣṭakāryakaraṇopādhirātmā saṃsārī jiva ucyate /
nityaniratiśayajñāna śaktyupādhirātmāntaryāmīśvara ucyate, sa eva nirūpādhiḥ kevalaḥ śudvaḥ svena svabhāvenākṣaraṃ para ucyate, tathā hiraṇyagarmāvyākṛtadevatājātipiṇḍamanuṣyatiryakpretādikāryakaraṇopādh ibhirviśiṣṭastadākhyastadarūpo bhavati /
tathā"tadejati tannaijati"iti vyākhyātam /
tathā"eṣa ta ātmā" "eṣa sarvabhūtāntarātmā" "eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ" "tattavamasi" "ahamevedaṃ sarvam" "ātmaivedaṃ sarvam" "nānyo 'to 'sti draṣṭā"ityādiśrutayo na virudhyante /
kalpanāntareṣvetāḥ śrutayo na gacchanti /
tasmādupādhimedenaila eṣāṃ medo nānyathā /
'ekamevādvitīyam'ityavadhāraṇāt sarveṣaniṣatsu //12//
iti tṛtīyādhyāyeṣṭamamakṣarabrāhmaṇam //8//
atha hainaṃ vidagdhaḥ śākalyaḥ papraccha /
pṛthivyādīnāṃ sūkṣmatāratamyakrameṇa pūrvasya pūrvasya uttarasminnuttarasminnotaprotabhāvaṃ kathayan sarvāntaraṃ brahma prakāśitavān tasya ca brahmaṇo vyākṛtaviṣaye sūtramedeṣu niyantṛtvamuktam-vyākṛtaviṣaye vyaktaraṃ liṅgamiti /
tasyaiva brahmaṇaḥ sākṣādaparokṣatve niyantavyadevatāmedasaṃkocavikā sadvāreṇādhigantavye iti tadarya śākalyabrāhmaṇamāramyate--
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atha hainaṃ vidagdhaḥ śākalyaḥ papraccha -- kati devā yājñavalkyeti |
sa haitayaiva nividā pratipede yāvanto vaiśvadevasya nividy ucyante |
trayaś ca trī ca śatā trayaś ca trī ca sahasreti |
om iti hovāca |
katy eva devā yājñavalkyeti |
trayastriṃśad iti |
om iti hovāca |
katy eva devā yājñavalkyeti |
ṣaḍ iti |
om iti hovāca |
katy eva devā yājñavalkyeti |
traya iti |
om iti hovāca |
katy eva devā yājñavalkyeti |
dvāv iti |
om iti hovāca |
katy eva devā yājñavalkyeti |
adhyardha iti |
om iti hovāca |
katy eva devā yājñavalkyeti |
eka iti |
om iti hovāca |
katame te trayaś ca trī ca śatā trayaś ca trī ca sahasreti

BrhUpBh_3,9.1 atha hainaṃ vidagdha iti nāmataḥ śakalasyāpatyaṃ śākalyaḥ papraccha--katisaṃkhyākā devā he yājñavalkyeti /
sa yājñavalkyaḥ, ha kila, etayaiva vakṣyamāṇayā nividā pratipede saṃkhyām, yāṃ saṃkhyāṃ pṛṣṭavāñśākalyaḥ /
yāvanto yāvatsaṃkhyākā devā vaiśvadevasya śastrasya nividi-nivinnāma devatāsaṃkhyāvācakāni mantrapadāni, kānicid vaiśvadeve śastre śasyante tāni nivitsaṃjñakāni;tasyāṃ nividi yāvanto devāḥ śrūyante tāvanto devā iti /
kā punaḥ sā nividiti tāni nivitpadāni pradarśyante-trayaśca trī ca śatā-trayaśca devāḥ, devānāṃ trī ca trīṇi ca śatāni;punarapyevaṃ trayaśca, trī ca sahasrā sahasrāṇ-etāvanto devā iti śākalyo 'pyomiti hovāca /
evameṣāṃ madhyamā saṃkhyā samyaktayā jñātā, punastepāmeva devānāṃ saṃkocaviṣayāṃ saṃkhyāṃ pṛcchati-katyeva devā yājñavalkyeti;trayastriśata;pada, trayaḥ, dvau, adhyardhaḥ, eka iti /
devatāsaṃkocavikāsaviṣayāṃ saṃkhyāṃ pṛṣṭvā punaḥ saṃkhyeyasvarūpaṃ pṛcchati-katame te trayaśca trī ca śatā trayaśca trī ca sahasreti //1//
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sa hovāca -- mahimāna evaiṣām ete |
trayastriṃśat tv eva devā iti |
katame te trayastriṃśad iti |
aṣṭau vasava ekādaśa rudrā dvādaśādityāḥ ta ekatriṃśad aindraś caiva prajāpatiś ca trayastriṃśāv iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.2 sa hovācetaraḥ - mahimāno vibhūtayaḥ, eṣāṃ trayastriṃśataḥ devānām ete trayaśca trī ca śatetyādayaḥ;paramārthatastu trayastriṃśattveva devā iti /
katame te trayastriṃśadityucyate - aṣṭau vasavaḥ ekādaśa rudrāḥ, dvādaśa ādityāste ekatriṃśat, indraścaiva prajāpatiśca trayastriṃśāviti trayastriṃśataḥ pūraṇau //2//
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katame vasava iti |
agniś ca pṛthivī ca vāyuś cāntarikṣaṃ cādityaś ca dyauḥ ca candramāś ca nakṣatrāṇi caite vasavaḥ |
eteṣu hīdaṃ sarvaṃ vasu hitaṃ iti tasmād vasava iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.3 katame vasava iti teṣāṃ svarūpaṃ pratyekaṃ pṛchcyate;agniśca pṛthivī ceti - agnyādyā nakṣatrāntarā ete vasavaḥ - prāṇināṃ karmaphalāśrayatvena kāryakaraṇasaṃghātarūpeṇa tannivāsatvena ca vipariṇamanto jagadidaṃ sarvaṃ vāsayanti vasanti ca;te yasmād vāsanti tasmāde vasava iti //3//
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katame rudrā iti |
daśeme puruṣe prāṇā ātmaikādaśaḥ |
te yadāsmāc charīrān martyād utkrāmanty atha rodayanti |
tad yad rodayanti tasmād rudrā iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.4 katame rudrā iti /
daśeme puruṣe karmabuddhīndriyāṇi prāṇāḥ, ātmā mana ekādaśaḥ - ekādaśānāṃ pūraṇaḥ te ete prāṇā yadā asmāccharīrānmartyāt prāṇināṃ karmaphalapabhogakṣaye utkrāmanti - atha tadā rodayanti tatsambandhinaḥ /
tattatra yasmādrodayanti te sambandhinaḥ, tasmād rudrā iti //4//
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katama ādityā iti |
dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsarasyaita ādityāḥ |
ete hīdaṃ sarvam ādadānā yanti |
te yad idaṃ sarvam ādadānā yanti tasmād ādityā iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.5 katama ādityā iti /
dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsarasya kālasyāvayavāḥ prasiddhāḥ, ete ādityāḥ;katham? ete hi yasmāt punaḥ punaḥ parivartamānāḥ prāṇināmāyūṃṣi karmaphalaṃ ca ādadānā gṛhyanta upādadato yanti gacchanti te yad yasmādevamidaṃ sarvamādadānā yanti tasmādādityā iti //5//
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katama indraḥ katamaḥ prajāpatir iti |
stanayitnur evendro yajñaḥ prajāpatir iti |
katamaḥ stanayitnur iti |
aśanir iti |
katamo yajña iti |
paśava iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.6 katama indraḥ katamaḥ prajāpatiriti, stanayityurevendro yajñaḥ prajāpatiriti, katamaḥ stanayitnurityaśaniriti /
aśanirvajraṃ vīryaṃ balam, yat prāṇinaḥ pramāpayati, sa indraḥ;indrasya hi tat karma /
katamo yajña iti paśava iti - yajñasya hi sādhanāni paśavaḥ;yajñasyārūpatvāt paśusādhanāśrayatvācca paśavo yajña ityucyate //6//
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katame ṣaḍ iti |
agniś ca pṛthivī ca vāyuś cāntarikṣaś cādityaś ca dyauś caite ṣaṭ |
ete hīdaṃ sarvaṃ ṣaḍ iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.7 katame ṣaḍiti;ta evāgnyādayo vasutvena paṭhitāścandramasaṃ nakṣatrāṇi ca varjayitvā ṣaḍ bhavanti - ṣaṭasaṃkhyāviśiṣṭāḥ, trayastriṃśadādi yaduktamidaṃ sarvam, eta eva ṣaḍ bhavanti sarvo hi vasvādivistara eteṣveva ṣaṭasvantarbhavatītyarthaḥ //7//
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katame te trayo devā iti |
ima eva trayo lokāḥ |
eṣu hīme sarve devā iti |
katamau tau dvau devā iti |
annaṃ caiva prāṇaś ceti |
katamo 'dhyardha iti |
yo 'yaṃ pavata iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.8 katame te trayo devā iti;ima eva trayo lokā iti - pṛthivīmagniṃ caikokṛtyaiko devaḥ, antarikṣaṃ vāyuṃ caikīkṛtya tṛtīyaḥ - te eva trayo devā iti /
eṣu. hi yasmāt, triṣu deveṣu sarve devā antarbhavanti tena ta eva devāstrayaḥ - ityeṣa nairuktānāṃ keṣāñcit pakṣaḥ /
katamau tau dvau devāviti - annaṃ caiva prāṇaścaitau dvau devau, anayoḥ sarveṣāmuktānāmantarbhāvaḥ /
katamo 'dhyargha iti - yo 'yaṃ pavate vāyuḥ //8//
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tad āhur yad ayam eka ivaiva pavate |
atha katham adhyardha iti |
yad asminn idaṃ sarvam adhyārdhnot tenādhyardha iti |
katama eko deva iti |
prāṇa iti |
sa brahma tyad ity ācakṣate

BrhUpBh_3,9.9 tattatrāhuścodayanti - yadayaṃ vāyureka ivaiva eka eva pavate ;atha kathamadhyardha iti? yadasminnidaṃ sarvamadhyārdhnot-asmin vāyau satīdaṃ sarvamadhyārdhnodadhi ṛddhiṃ prāpnoti, tenādhyardha iti /
katama eko deva iti? prāṇa iti sa prāṇo brahma-sarvadevātmakatvānmahad brahma, tena sa brahma tyadityācakṣate-tyaditi tad brahmācakṣate parokṣāmidhāyakena śabdena /
devānāmetadekatvaṃ nānātvaṃ ca /
anantānāṃ devānāṃ nivitsaṃkhyāviśaṣṭeṣvantarbhāvaḥ, teṣāmapi trayāstriśadādipūttarottareṣu yāvadekasmin prāṇe /
prāṇasyaiva caikasya sarvo 'nantasaṅkhyāto vistaraḥ /
evamekaścānantaśca avāntarasaṃkhyāviśiṣṭaśca prāṇa eva /
tatra ca devasyaikasya nāmarūpakarnaguṇaśaktimedaḥ, adhikāramedāt //9//
idānīṃ tasyaiva prāṇasya brahmaṇaḥ punaraṣṭadhā meda upadiśyate-
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pṛthivy eva yasyāyatanam agnir loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāyaṃ śārīraḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
amṛtam iti hovāca

BrhUpBh_3,9.10 pṛthivyeva yasya devasyāyatanamāśrayaḥ, agnirloko yasya - lokayatyaneneti lokaḥ, paśyatīti - agninā paśyatītyarthaḥ /
manojyotiḥ manasā jyotiṣā saṃkalpavikalpādikāryaṃ karoti yaḥ, so 'yaṃ manojyotiḥ /
pṛthivīśarīro 'gnidarśano manasā saṃkalpayitā pṛthivyabhimānī kāryakaraṇasaṃghātavān deva ityarthaḥ /
ya evaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyād vijānīyāt sarvasyātmana ādhyātmikasya kāryakaraṇasaṃghātasya ātmanaḥ paramayanaṃ para āśrayastaṃ parāyaṇam /
mātṛjena tvaṅmāṃsarudhirarūpeṇa kṣetrasthānīyena bījasthānīyasya pitṛjasya asthimajjāśukrarūpasya paramayanam, karaṇātmanaśca, sa vai veditā syāt /
ya etadevaṃ vetti sa vai veditā paṇḍitaḥ syādityābhiprāyaḥ /
yājñavalkya tvaṃ tamajānanneva paṇḍitābhimānītyamiprāyaḥ /
yadi tadvijñāne pāṇḍityaṃ labhyate, veda vai ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yamāttha yaṃ kathayasi tamahaṃ veda /
tatra śākalyasya vacanaṃ draṣṭyam-yadi tvaṃ vettha taṃ puruṣam, brūhikiṃviśeṣaṇo 'sau? saḥ-ya evāyaṃ śārīraḥ- pārdhivāṃśe śarīre bhavaḥ śārīro mātṛjakośatrayarūpa ityarthaḥ, sa e, devaḥ, yastvayā pṛṣṭaḥ, he śākalya /
kintvasti tatra vaktavyaṃ viśeṣaṇāntaram, tad vadaiva pṛcchaivetyarthaḥ, he śākalya /
sa evaṃ prakṣobhito 'marpavaśaga āha-tottrādinta iva gajaḥ- tasya devasya śarīrasya kā devatā? yasmānniṣpadyate yaḥ sā tasya devatetyasmin prakaraṇe vivakṣitaḥ;amṛtamiti hovāca /
amṛtamiti yo bhuktasyānnasya raso mātṛjasya lohitasya niṣpattihetuḥ /
tasmādvayannarasāllohitaṃ niṣpadyate striyāṃ śritam, tataśca lohitamayaṃ śarīraṃ bījāśrayam /
samānamanyat //10//
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kāma eva yasyāyatanaṃ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāyaṃ kāmamayaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
striya iti hovāca

BrhUpBh_3,9.11 kāma eva yasyāyatanam /
strīvyatikārābhilāṣaḥ kāmaḥ kāmaśarīra ityarthaḥ /
hradayaṃ lokohradayena budvayā paśyati /
ya evāyaṃ kāmamayaḥ puruṣo 'dhyātmamapi kāmamaya eva /
tasya kā devateti striya iti hovāca;strīto hi kāmasya dīptirjīyate //11//
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rūpāṇy eva yasyāyatanaṃ cakṣur loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāsāv āditye puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
satyam iti hovāca

BrhUpBh_3,9.12 rūpāṇyeva yasyāyatanam /
rūpāṇi śuklakṛṣṇādīni /
ya evāsāvāditye puruṣaḥ- sarveṣāṃ hi rūpāṇāṃ viśiṣṭaṃ kāryamāditye puruṣaḥ tasya kā devateti? satyāmiti hovāca /
satyāmiti cakṣurucyate, cakṣuṣo hyavyātmataḥ ādityasyādhidaivatasya niṣpatti //12//
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ākaśa eva yasyāyatanaṃ śrotraṃ loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāyam śrautaḥ prātiśrutkaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣa |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
diśa iti hovaca

BrhUpBh_3,9.13 ākāśa eva yasyāyatanam ya evāyaṃ śrotro bhavaḥ śrotraḥ, tatrāpi pratiśravaṇavelāyāṃ viśeṣato bhavatīti prātiśrutkaḥ, tasya kādevateti? diśa iti hovāca /
digbhyo hyasāvādhyātmiko niṣpadyate //13//
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tama eva yasyāyatanaṃ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāyaṃ chāyāmayaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
mṛtyur iti hovāca

BrhUpBh_3,9.14 tama eva yasyāyatanam /
tama iti śārvadyandhakāraḥ parigṛhyate /
adhyātmaṃ chāyāmayo 'jñānamayaḥ puruṣaḥ /
tasya kā devateti? mṛtyuriti hovāca /
mṛtyurapidaivataṃ tasya niṣpattikāraṇam //14//
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rūpāṇy eva yasyāyatanaṃ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāyam ādarśe puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
satyam iti hovāca

BrhUpBh_3,9.15 rūpāṇyeva yasyāyatanam /
pūrva sādhārāni rūpāṇyuktāni, iha tu prakāśakāni viśiṣṭāni rūpāṇi gṛhyante /
rūpāyatanasya devasya viśeṣāyatanaṃ pratibimbādhāramādarśādi tasya kā devateti? asuriti hovāca /
tasya pratibimbākhyasya puruṣasya niṣpattirasoḥ prāṇāt //15//
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āpa eva yasyāyatanaṃ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāyaṃ apsu puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
varuṇa iti hovāca

BrhUpBh_3,9.16 āpa eva yasya āyatanam /
sādhāraṇāḥ sarvā āpa āyatanaṃ vāpīkūpataḍāgādyāśrayāsvapsu viśeṣāvasthānam /
tasya kā devateti? varuṇa iti;varuṇāt saṅghātakarñyodhyātmamāpa eva vāpyādyapaṃ niṣpattikāraṇam //16//
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reta eva yasyāyatanaṃ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotir yo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt |
yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yam āttha |
ya evāyaṃ putramayaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ |
vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti |
prajāpatir iti hovāca

BrhUpBh_3,9.17 reta eva yasyāyatanam /
ya evāyaṃ putramayo viśeṇāyatanaṃ reta āyatanasya, putrasya iti ca asthimañjāśukāṇi piturjātāni /
tasya kā devateti? prajāpatiriti hovāca /
prajñāpatiḥ pitocyate, pitṛto hi putrasyotpattiḥ //17//
aṣṭakā devalokapuruṣabhedena tridhā tridhā ātmānaṃ pravibhajyāvasthita ekaiko devaḥ prāṇabheda evopāsanārtha vyapadiṣṭaḥ /
adhunā digvibhāgena pañcadhā pravibhaktasya ātmānayupasaṃhārārthamāha /
tūṣṇīmbhūtaṃ śākalyaṃ yājñavalkyo graheṇevāveśayannāha -
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śākalyeti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ |
tvāṃ svid ime brāhmaṇā aṅgārāvakṣayaṇam akratā3 iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.18 śākalyeti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ /
tvāṃ sviditi vitarke, ime nūnaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ, aṅgārāvakṣaṇam - aṅgārā avakṣīyante yasmin sandaṃśādau tadaṅgārāvakṣaṇam - tadā nūnaṃ tvāmakrata kṛtavanto brāhmaṇāḥ, tvaṃ tu tanna budhyase ātmānaṃ mayā dahyamānam ityabhiprāyaḥ //18//
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yājñavalkyeti hovāca śākalyaḥ |
yad idaṃ kurupañcālānāṃ brāhmanān atyavādīḥ kiṃ brahma vidvān iti |
diśo veda sadevāḥ sapratiṣṭhā iti |
yad diśo vettha sadevāḥ sapratiṣṭhāḥ

BrhUpBh_3,9.19 yājñavalkyeti hovāca śākalyaḥ - yadidaṃ kuruṣañcalānāṃ brāhmaṇānatyavādīḥ - atyuktavānasi - svayaṃ bhītāstvāmaṅgārāvakṣayaṇaṃ kṛtavanta iti - kiṃ brahma vidvān sannevamadhikṣipasi brāhmaṇān? yājñavalkya āha - brahma vijñānaṃ tāvadidaṃ mama, kiṃ tat? diśo veda digviṣayaṃ vijñānaṃ jāne /
tacca na kvalaṃ diśa, eva, sadevā devaiḥ saha digadhiṣṭhātṛbhiḥ, kiñca sapratiṣṭhitāḥ pratiṣṭhābhiśca saha /
itara āha - yad yadi diśo vettha sadevāḥ, sapratiṣṭhā iti, saphalaṃ yadi vijñānaṃ tvayā pratijñātam //19//
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kiṃdevato 'syāṃ prācyāṃ diśy asīti |
ādityadevata iti |
sa ādityaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti |
cakṣuṣīti |
kasmin nu cakṣuḥ pratiṣṭhitam iti |
rūpeṣv iti |
cakṣuṣā hi rūpāṇi paśyati |
kasmin nu rūpāṇi pratiṣṭhitānīti |
hṛdaya iti hovāca |
hṛdayena hi rūpāṇi jānāti |
hṛdaye hy eva rūpāṇi pratiṣṭhitāni bhavantīti |
evam evaitad yājñavalkya

BrhUpBh_3,9.20 kindevataḥ kā devatāsya tava digbhṛtasya /
asau hi yājñavalkyo hṛdayamātmānaṃ dikṣu pañcadhā vibhaktaṃ digātmabhūtam, taddvāreṇa sarvaṃ jagadātmatvenopagamya, ahamasmi digātmeti vyavasthitaḥ pūrvābhimukhaḥ - sapratiṣṭhāvacanād, yathā yājñavalkyasya pratijñā tathaiva pṛcchati - kindevatastvamasyāṃ diśyasīti /
sarvatra hi vede yāṃ yāṃ devatādvapāste, ihaiva tadbhūtastāṃ tāṃ pratipadyata iti;tathā ca vakṣyati -'devo bhūtvā devānapyeti'(bṛ.u.4 / 1 / 2) iti /
asyāṃ prācyāṃ kā devatā digātmanastavādhiṣṭhātrī, kayā devatayā tvaṃ prāpīdigrūpeṇa sampanna ityarthaḥ /
itara āha - ādityadevata iti /
prācyāṃ diśi mama ādityo devatā, so 'hamādityadevataḥ /
sadevā ityetaduktam, sapratiṣṭhā iti tu vaktavyamityāha - sa ādityaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti? cakṣuṣīti /
adhyātmataścakṣuṣa ādityo niṣpanna iti hi mantrabrāhmaṇavādāḥ -"cakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata" (yaju.31 / 12) "cakṣuṣa ādityaḥ"(ai.u.1 / 4) ityādayaḥ /
kāryaṃ hi kāraṇe pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhavati /
kasminnu cakṣuḥ pratiṣṭhitamiti? rūpeṣviti;rūpagrahaṇāya hi rūpātmakaṃ cakṣu rūpeṇa prayuktam;yairhi rūpaiḥ prayuktaṃ tairātmagrahaṇāyārabdhaṃ cakṣuḥ saha prācyā diśā saha tatsthaiḥ sarvai rūpeṣu pratiṣṭhitam /
cakṣuṣā saha prācī dik sarve rūpabhūtā, tāni ca kasminnu rūpāṇi pratiṣṭhitānīti? hṛdaya iti hovāca /
hṛdayārabdhāni rūpāṇi /
rūpākāreṇa hi hṛdayaṃ pariṇatam /
yasmād hṛdayena hi rūpāṇi sarvo loko jānāti /
hṛdayamiti buddhimanaso ekīkṛtya nirdeśaḥ, tasmād hṛdaye hyeva rūpāṇi pratiṣṭhitāni /
hṛdayena hi smaraṇaṃ bhavati rūpāṇāṃ vāsanātmanām;tasmād hṛdaye rūpāṇi pratiṣṭhitāni ityarthaḥ /
evamevaitad yājñavalkya //20//
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kiṃdevato 'syāṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśy asīti |
yamadevata iti |
sa yamaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti |
yajña iti |
kasmin nu yajñaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti |
dakṣiṇāyām iti |
kasmin nu dakṣiṇā pratiṣṭhiteti |
śraddhāyām iti |
yadā hy eva śraddhatte 'tha dakṣiṇāṃ dadāti |
śraddhāyāṃ hy eva dakṣiṇā pratiṣṭhiteti |
kasmin nu śraddhā pratiṣṭhiteti |
hṛdaya iti hovāca |
hṛdayena hi śraddhām |
hṛdaye hy eva śraddhā pratiṣṭhitā bhavatīti |
evam evaitad yājñavalkya

BrhUpBh_3,9.21 kindevato 'syāṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśyasīti pūrvavat /
dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśi kā devatā tatra? yamadevata iti, yamo devatā mama dakṣiṇādigbhūtasya /
sa yamaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti? yajña iti - yajñe kāraṇe pratiṣṭhito yamaḥ saha diśā /
kathaṃ punaryajñasya kāryaṃ yamaḥ? ityucyate - ṛtvigbhirniṣpādito yajño dakṣiṇayā yajamānastebhyo yajñaṃ niṣkrīya tena yajñena dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ saha yamenābhijayati /
tena yajñe yamaḥ kāryatvāt pratiṣṭhitaḥ saha dakṣiṇayā diśā /
kasminnu yajñaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti? dakṣiṇāyāmiti - dakṣiṇayā sa na ṣkrīyate, tena dakṣiṇākāryaṃ yajñaḥ /
kasminnu dakṣiṇā pratiṣṭhiteti? śraddhāyāmiti - śraddhā nāma ditsutvam āstikyabuddhibhaktisahitā /
kathaṃ tasyāṃ pratiṣṭhitā dakṣiṇā? yasmād yadā hyeva śraddhatte 'tha dakṣiṇāṃ dadāti;nāśraddadhad dakṣiṇāṃ dadāti;tasmācchraddhāyāṃ hyeva dakṣiṇā pratiṣṭhiteti /
kasminnu śraddhā pratiṣṭhiteti? hṛdaya iti hovāca - hṛdayasya hi vṛttiḥ śraddhā yasmāt, hṛdayena hi śraddhāṃ jānāti, vṛttiśca vṛttimati pratiṣṭhitā bhavati /
tasmād hṛdaye hyeva śraddhā pratiṣṭhitā bhavatīti /
evamevaitad yājñavalkya //21 // //
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kiṃdevato 'syāṃ pratīcyāṃ diśy asīti |
varuṇadevata iti |
sa varuṇaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti |
apsv iti |
kasmin nv āpaḥ pratiṣṭhitā iti |
retasīti |
kasmin nu retaḥ pratiṣṭhitam iti |
hṛdaya iti |
tasmād api pratirūpaṃ jātam āhur hṛdayād iva sṛpto hṛdayād iva nirmita iti |
hṛdaye hy eva retaḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhavatīti |
evam evaitad yājñavalkya

BrhUpBh_3,9.22 kingadevato 'syāṃ pratīcyāṃ diśyasīti? tasyāṃ varuṇo 'dhidevatā mama /
sa varuṇaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti? apsviti - apāṃ hi varuṇaḥ kāryam,"śraddhā vā āpaḥ" "śraddhāto varuṇamasṛjata"iti śruteḥ /
kasminnvāpaḥ pratiṣṭhitā iti? retasīti -"retaso hyāpaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ"iti śruteḥ /
kasminni retaḥ pratiṣṭhitamiti? hṛdaya iti - yasmād hṛdayasya kāryaṃ retaḥ /
kāmo hṛdayasya vṛttiḥ kāmino hi hṛdayādreto 'dhiskandati /
tasmādapi pratirūpamanurūpaṃ putraṃ jātamāhurlokikāḥ - asya piturhṛdayādivāyaṃ putraḥ supto viniḥsṛtaḥ, hṛdayādiva nirmito yathā suvarṇena nirmitaḥ kuṇḍalaḥ /
tasmāt hṛdaye hyeva retaḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhavatīti /
evamevaitat yājñavalkya //22..//
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kiṃdevato 'syām udīcyāṃ diśy asīti |
somadevata iti |
sa somaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti |
dīkṣāyām iti |
kasmin nu dikṣā pratiṣṭhiteti |
satya iti |
tasmād api dīkṣitam āhuḥ satyaṃ vadeti |
satye hy eva dīkṣā pratiṣṭhiteti |
kasmin nu satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam iti |
hṛdaya iti hovāca |
hṛdayena hi satyaṃ jānāti |
hṛdaye hy eva satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhavatīti |
evam evaitad yājñavalkya

BrhUpBh_3,9.23 kindevato 'syāmudīcyāṃ diśyasīti? somadevata iti - soma iti latāṃ somaṃ devatāṃ caikīkṛtya nirdeśaḥ /
sa somaḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti? dīkṣāyāmiti - dīkṣito hi yajamānaḥ somaṃ krīṇāti, krītena someneṣṭvā jñānavānuttarāṃ diśaṃ pratipadyate somadevatādhiṣṭhitāṃ saumyām /
kasminnu dīkṣā pratiṣṭhiteti!satya iti;katham? yasmāt satye dīkṣā pratiṣṭhitā, tasmādapi dīkṣitamāhuḥ - satyaṃ vadeti;kāraṇabhreṣo kāryabhreṣo mā bhūditi;satye hyeva dīkṣā pratiṣṭhitamiti? hṛdaya iti hovāca;hṛdayena hi satyaṃ jānāti;tasmād hṛdaye hyeva satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhavatīti /
evamevaitad yājñavalkya //23//
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kiṃdevato 'syāṃ dhruvāyāṃ diśy asīti |
agnidevata iti |
so 'gniḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti |
vācīti |
kasmin nu vāk pratiṣṭhiteti |
hṛdaya iti |
kasmin nu hṛdayaṃ pratiṣṭhitam iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.24 kindevato 'syāṃ diśyasīti /
meroḥ samantato vasatāmavyabhicārādūrdhvā dig dhruvetyucyate /
agnidevata iti - ūrdhvāyāṃ hi prakāśabhūyastvam, prakāśaścāgniḥ /
so 'gniḥ kasmin pratiṣṭhita iti? vācīti /
kasminni vāk pratiṣṭhiteti? hṛdaya iti /
tatra yājñavalkyaḥ sarvāsu dikṣu vipasṛtena hṛdayena sarvāṃ diśa ātmatvenābhisampannaḥ;sadevāḥ sapratiṣṭhitā diśa ātmabhūtāstasya nāmarūpakarmātmabhūtasya yājñavalkyasya /
yad rūpaṃ tat prācyā diśā saha hṛdayabhūtaṃ yājñavalkyasya /
yat kevalaṃ karma putrotpādanalakṣaṇaṃ ca yānasahitaṃ ca sahaphenādhiṣṭhātrībhiśca devatābhirdakṣiṇāpratīcyudīcyaḥ karmaphalātmikā hṛdayameva āpannāstasya, dhruvayā diśā saha nāma sarvaṃ vāgdvāreṇa hṛdayameva āpannam /
etāvaddhīdaṃ sarvam, yaduta rūpaṃ vā karma vā nāma veti tat sarvaṃ hṛdayameva, tat sarvātmakaṃ hṛdayaṃ pṛcchyate - kasminnu hṛdayaṃ pratiṣṭhitamiti //24//
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ahalliketi hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ |
yatraitad anyatrāsman manyāsai |
yad dhy etad anyatrāsmat syāc chvāno vainad adyur vayāṃsi vainad vimathnīrann iti

BrhUpBh_3,9.25 ahalliketi hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ, nāmāntareṇa sambodhanaṃ kṛtavān /
yatra yasminkāle, etad hṛdayamātmāsya asmadasmatto vartata iti manyāsai manyase - yaddhi yadi hyetad hṛdayamanyatrāsmat syād bhavet, śvānau vainaccharīraṃ tadā adyuḥ, vayāṃsi vā pakṣiṇo vainad vimathnīran viloḍayeyuḥ vikarperanniti /
tasmānmayi śarīre hṛdayaṃ pratiṣṭhitamityarthaḥ /
śarīrasyāpi nāmarūpakarmātmakatvāt hṛdaye pratiṣṭhitatvam //25//
hṛdayaśarīrasyorevamanyenyapratiṣṭhoktā kāryakaraṇayoḥ atastvāṃ pṛcchāmi -
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kasmin nu tvaṃ cātmā ca pratiṣṭhitau stha iti |
prāṇa iti |
kasmin nu prāṇaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti |
apāna iti |
kasmin nv apānaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti |
vyāna iti |
kasmin nu vyānaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti |
udāna iti |
kasmin nūdānaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti |
samāna iti |
sa eṣa neti nety ātmā |
agṛhyo na hi gṛhyate |
aśīryo na hi śīryate |
asaṅgo na sajyate |
asito na vyathate |
na riṣyati |
etāny aṣṭāv āyatanāny aṣṭau lokā add. aṣṭau devā aṣṭau puruṣāḥ |
sa yas tān puruṣān niruhya pratyuhyātyakrāmat taṃ tvaupaniṣadaṃ puruṣaṃ pṛcchāmi |
taṃ cen me na vivakṣyasi mūrdhā te vipatiṣyatīti |
taṃ ha na mene śākalyas |
tasya ha mūrdhā vipapāta |
api hāsya parimoṣiṇo 'sthīny apajahrur anyan manyamānāḥ

BrhUpBh_3,9.26 kasminnu tvaṃ ca śarīramātmā ca tava hṛdayaṃ pratiṣṭhitau stha iti? prāṇa iti;dehātmānau prāṇe pratiṣṭhitau syātāṃ prāṇavṛttau /
kasminnu prāṇāḥ pratiṣṭhita iti apāna iti - sāpi prāṇavṛttiḥ prāgeva preyāt apānavṛttyā cenna nigṛhyeta /
kasminnvapānaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti? vyāna iti - sāpyapānavṛttiradha eva yāyāt prāṇavṛttiśca prāgeva, madhyasthayā cedvyānavṛttyā na nigṛhyeta /
kasminnu vyānaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti? udāna iti - sarvāstisro 'pi vṛttaya udāne kīlasthānīye cenna niruddhā, viṣvageveyuḥ /
kasminnūdānaḥ pratiṣṭhita iti? samāna iti - samānapratiṣṭhā hyetāḥ sarvā vṛttayaḥ /
etaduktaṃ bhavati - śarīrahṛdayavāyavo 'nyonyapratiṣṭhāḥ, saṅghātena niṣatā vartante vijñānamayārthaprayuktā iti /
sarvametad yena niyataṃ yasmin pratiṣṭhitamākāśāntamotaṃ ca protaṃ ca, tasya nirupādhikasya sākṣādaparokṣād brahmaṇo nirdeśaḥ katavya ityayamārambhaḥ /
sa eṣaḥ - sayo netinetīti nirdiṣṭo madhukāṇḍe, eṣa saḥ /
so 'yamātmāgṛhyo na gṛhyaḥ /
katham? yasmāt sarvakāryadharmātītaḥ, tasmādagṛhyaḥ /
kutaḥ? yasmānna hi gṛhyate /
yaddhi karaṇagocaraṃ vyākṛtaṃ vastu, tad grahaṇagocaram. idaṃ tu tadviparītamātmatattvam /
tathāśīryaḥ;yaddhi mūrtaṃ saṃhataṃ śarīrādi tacchīryate;ayaṃ tu tadviparīto 'to na hi śīryate /
tathāsaṅgo mūrto mūrtāntareṇa sambadhyamānaḥ sajyate 'yaṃ ca tadviparīto 'to na hi sajyate /
tathāsito 'baddhaḥ, yaddhi mūrta tad vadhyate;ayaṃ tu tadviparītatvādabaddhatvānna vyathate, ato na riṣyati - grahaṇaviśaraṇasambandhakāryadharmarahitatvānna riṣyati na hiṃsāmāpadyate na vinaśyatītyarthaḥ /
kramamatikramya aupaniṣadasya puruṣasya ākhyāyikāto 'pasṛtya śrutyā svena rūpeṇa tvarayā nirdeśaḥ kṛtaḥ, tataḥ punarākhyāyikāmevāśrityāha - etāni yānyuktānyaṣṭāvāyatanāni'pṛthivyeva yasyāyatanam'ityevamādīni, aṣṭau lokā agnilokādayaḥ, aṣṭau devāḥ amṛtamiti hovāca ityevamādayaḥ, aṣṭau puruṣāḥ śarīraḥ puruṣaḥ, ityādayaḥ, sa yaḥ kaścit tān puruṣāñśārīraprabhṛtīn niruhya niścayenohya garmayitvāṣṭacatuṣkabhedena lokasthitimupapādyaḥ, punaḥ prācīdigādidvāreṇa pratyuhya upasaṃhṛtya svātmani hṛdaye 'tyakrāmadatikrāntavānupādhidharma hṛdayādyātmatvam;svenaivātmanā vyavasthito ya aupaniṣadaḥ puruṣo 'śanāyādivarjitaḥ upaniṣatsveva vijñeyo nānyapramāṇagamyaḥ, taṃ tvā tvāṃ vidyābhimāninaṃ puruṣaṃ pṛcchāmi /
taṃ ced yadi me na vivakṣyasi vispaṣṭaṃ na kathayiṣyasi, mūrdhā te vipatiṣyatītyāha yājñavalkyaḥ /
taṃ tvaupaniṣadaṃ puruṣaṃ śākalyo na mene ha na vijñātavān kila tasya ha mūrdhā vipapāta vipatitaḥ /
samāptākhyāyakā /
śrutevacanaṃ taṃ ha na mena ityādi /
kiṃ cāpi hāsya parimoṣiṇastaskarā asthīnyapi saṃskārārtha śiṣyenīyamānāni gṛhān pratyapajahaḥ-apahratavantaḥ kinnimittam? anyad dhanaṃ nīyamānaṃ manyamānāḥ /
pūrvavṛttā hyākhyāyikeha sūcitā /
aṣṭādhyāya kila śākalyena yājñavalkyasya samānānta eva kila saṃvādo nivṛttaḥ;tatra yājñavalkyena śāpo dattaḥ-pure 'tithye mariṣyasi na te 'sthīni ca na gṛhān prāpsyantīti /
sa ha tathaiva mamāra /
tasya hāpyanvaḥ manyamānāḥ parimoṣiṇo 'thīnyapajahaḥ;tasmānnopavādī syāduta hyevaṃvit paro bhavatīti /
saipā ākhyāyikā ācārārtha sūcitā vidyāstutaye ceha //26//
yasya neti, netītyanyapratiṣedhadvāreṇa brahmaṇo nirdeśaḥ kṛtaḥ, tasya vidhimukhena kathaṃ nirdeśaḥ kartavyaḥ, iti punarākhyāyikāmeva āśrityāha mūlaṃ ca jagato vaktavyamiti /
ākhyāyikāsambandhastvavrahyavido brāhmaṇāñjitvā godhanaṃ irtavyamiti /
nyāyaṃ matvāha--
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atha hovāca -- brāhmaṇā bhagavanto yo vaḥ kāmayate sa mā pṛcchatu |
sarve vā mā pṛcchata |
yo vaḥ kāmayate taṃ vaḥ pṛcchāmi sarvān vā vaḥ pṛcchāmīti |
te ha brāhmaṇā na dadhṛṣuḥ