आकश एव यस्यायतनं श्रोत्रं लोको मनो ज्योतिर्यो वै तं पुरुषं विद्यात्सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणं स वै वेदिता स्यात् । याज्ञवल्क्य वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषं सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणं यमात्थ । य एवायम्श्रौतः प्रातिश्रुत्कः पुरुषः स एष । वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेति । दिश इति होवच ॥
ākaśa eva yasyāyatanaṃ śrotraṃ loko mano jyotiryo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyātsarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt | yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yamāttha | ya evāyamśrautaḥ prātiśrutkaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣa | vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti | diśa iti hovaca ||
[Shakalya:] 'The person whose abode is space, whose world is the ear, whose light is the mind: whoever knows that person, the final resort of every self, he alone would be a knower, Yajnavalkya.' [Yajnavalkya:] 'I do know that person, the final resort of every self, of whom you speak. He is this very person of hearing and of the echo. Go on, Shakalya: who is his deity?' 'The quarters,' he said.
[शाकल्य:] 'जिस पुरुष का आधार आकाश है, लोक कान है और ज्योति मन है, उस पुरुष को, जो हर आत्मा का परम आश्रय है, जो जानता है, वही सच्चा ज्ञानी है, याज्ञवल्क्य।' [याज्ञवल्क्य:] 'जिस पुरुष को तुम हर आत्मा का परम आश्रय कहते हो, उसे मैं जानता हूँ। वह यही श्रवण और प्रतिध्वनि वाला पुरुष है। शाकल्य, आगे बोलो: उसका देवता कौन है?' उसने कहा, 'दिशाएँ।'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Part of the catalogue: the person in hearing and echo, whose deity is the quarters of space.
सूची का भाग: श्रवण और प्रतिध्वनि में स्थित पुरुष, जिसका देवता दिशाएँ हैं।
Brihadaranyaka 3.9.13. Shakalya describes a 'person' by its abode, world and light, and Yajnavalkya identifies it and its deity. Who speaks the closing question and answer is read in more than one way; here Yajnavalkya invites the question and the deity is named.