तदाहुर्यदयमेक इवैव पवते । अथ कथमध्यर्ध इति । यदस्मिन्निदं सर्वमध्यार्ध्नोत्तेनाध्यर्ध इति । कतम एको देव इति । प्राण इति । स ब्रह्म त्यदित्याचक्षते ॥
tadāhuryadayameka ivaiva pavate | atha kathamadhyardha iti | yadasminnidaṃ sarvamadhyārdhnottenādhyardha iti | katama eko deva iti | prāṇa iti | sa brahma tyadityācakṣate ||
'Now they say: since this one who blows is just one, how is he one and a half?' 'Because in him all this grew greater (adhyardhnot); that is why he is one and a half.' 'Which is the one god?' 'Breath. He is Brahman; they call him "That".'
'लोग कहते हैं कि यह जो बहता है, वह तो एक ही जैसा बहता है, फिर डेढ़ कैसे?' 'क्योंकि इसी में यह सब बढ़ा (अध्यार्ध्नोत्), इसलिए डेढ़ है।' 'एक देवता कौन है?' 'प्राण। वही ब्रह्म है, उसे "त्यत्" (वह) कहते हैं।'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
All the gods, counted down, come to one: the life-breath, which is Brahman. The divine is not far away in the many; it is the one life moving in everything that lives.
सब देवता, गिनती घटाते-घटाते, एक पर आ जाते हैं: प्राण, जो ब्रह्म है। दिव्य अनेकों में कहीं दूर नहीं; वह एक ही जीवन है जो हर जीवित वस्तु में चल रहा है।
Brihadaranyaka 3.9.9. Yajnavalkya explains the 'one and a half' to Shakalya and names the one god: breath, which is Brahman.