याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच शाकल्यः । यदिदं कुरुपञ्चालानां ब्राह्मनानत्यवादीः किं ब्रह्म विद्वानिति । दिशो वेद सदेवाः सप्रतिष्ठा इति । यद्दिशो वेत्थ सदेवाः सप्रतिष्ठाः ॥
yājñavalkyeti hovāca śākalyaḥ | yadidaṃ kurupañcālānāṃ brāhmanānatyavādīḥ kiṃ brahma vidvāniti | diśo veda sadevāḥ sapratiṣṭhā iti | yaddiśo vettha sadevāḥ sapratiṣṭhāḥ ||
'Yajnavalkya,' said Shakalya, 'by knowing what Brahman have you out-talked the brahmins of the Kurus and Panchalas?' 'I know the quarters, with their gods and their foundations.' 'If you know the quarters with their gods and their foundations,'
शाकल्य ने कहा, 'याज्ञवल्क्य, किस ब्रह्म को जानकर तुमने कुरु-पांचाल के ब्राह्मणों को बोलने में पछाड़ दिया है?' 'मैं दिशाओं को उनके देवताओं और उनकी प्रतिष्ठाओं (आधारों) सहित जानता हूँ।' 'यदि तुम दिशाओं को उनके देवताओं और प्रतिष्ठाओं सहित जानते हो,'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Shakalya's question is a challenge to Yajnavalkya's standing; it opens a chain of questions on what everything rests on.
शाकल्य का प्रश्न याज्ञवल्क्य की प्रतिष्ठा को चुनौती है; इससे प्रश्नों की एक शृंखला शुरू होती है कि सब कुछ किस पर टिका है।
Brihadaranyaka 3.9.19. Shakalya (who speaks most of this unit) demands what Brahman Yajnavalkya knows that lets him out-talk the Kuru-Panchala brahmins; Yajnavalkya says he knows the quarters with their gods and foundations, and Shakalya takes him up on it.