आप एव यस्यायतनं हृदयं लोको मनो ज्योतिर्यो वै तं पुरुषं विद्यात्सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणं स वै वेदिता स्यात् । याज्ञवल्क्य वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषं सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणं यमात्थ । य एवायं अप्सु पुरुषः स एषः । वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेति । वरुण इति होवाच ॥
āpa eva yasyāyatanaṃ hṛdayaṃ loko mano jyotiryo vai taṃ puruṣaṃ vidyātsarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ sa vai veditā syāt | yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇaṃ yamāttha | ya evāyaṃ apsu puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ | vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti | varuṇa iti hovāca ||
[Shakalya:] 'The person whose abode is water, 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 waters. Go on, Shakalya: who is his deity?' 'Varuna,' he said.
[शाकल्य:] 'जिस पुरुष का आधार जल 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 जल में स्थित पुरुष है। शाकल्य, आगे बोलो: उसका देवता कौन है?' उसने कहा, 'वरुण।'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Part of the catalogue: the person in the waters, whose deity is Varuna, lord of the waters.
सूची का भाग: जल में स्थित पुरुष, जिसका देवता जल के स्वामी वरुण हैं।
Brihadaranyaka 3.9.16. 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.