रेत 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 पुत्रमयः पुरुषः स एषः । वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेति । प्रजापतिरिति होवाच ॥
reta 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 putramayaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eṣaḥ | vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devateti | prajāpatiriti hovāca ||
[Shakalya:] 'The person whose abode is semen, 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 made of the son. Go on, Shakalya: who is his deity?' 'Prajapati,' he said.
[शाकल्य:] 'जिस पुरुष का आधार वीर्य 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 पुत्रमय पुरुष है। शाकल्य, आगे बोलो: उसका देवता कौन है?' उसने कहा, 'प्रजापति।'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Part of the catalogue: the person who lives on in one's child, whose deity is Prajapati, lord of offspring.
सूची का भाग: वह पुरुष जो संतान में आगे जीता है, जिसका देवता संतान के स्वामी प्रजापति हैं।
Brihadaranyaka 3.9.17. 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.