रूपाण्येव यस्यायतनं हृदयं लोको मनो ज्योतिर्यो वै तं पुरुषं विद्यात्सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणं स वै वेदिता स्यात् । याज्ञवल्क्य वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषं सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणं यमात्थ । य एवायमादर्शे पुरुषः स एषः । वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेति । सत्यमिति होवाच ॥
rūpāṇyeva yasyāyatanaṃ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotiryo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyātsarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt | yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yamāttha | ya evāyamādarśe puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ | vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti | satyamiti hovāca ||
[Shakalya:] 'The person whose abode is visible forms, whose world is the heart, 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 in the mirror. Go on, Shakalya: who is his deity?' 'Truth,' he said.
[शाकल्य:] 'जिस पुरुष का आधार रूप है, लोक हृदय 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 दर्पण में दिखने वाला पुरुष है। शाकल्य, आगे बोलो: उसका देवता कौन है?' उसने कहा, 'सत्य।'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Part of the catalogue: the person seen in a mirror.
सूची का भाग: दर्पण में दिखने वाला पुरुष।
Brihadaranyaka 3.9.15. 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. Other editions read 'eye' for 'heart' and 'life (asu)' for 'truth' here; our text is translated as it stands.