तदाहुर्यद्ब्रह्मविद्यया सर्वं भविष्यन्तो मनुष्या मन्यन्ते । किमु तद्ब्रह्मावेद्यस्मात्तत्सर्वमभवदिति ॥
tadāhuryadbrahmavidyayā sarvaṃ bhaviṣyanto manuṣyā manyante | kimu tadbrahmāvedyasmāttatsarvamabhavaditi ||
They say: 'People think that through the knowledge of Brahman they will become all. What, then, did that Brahman know by which it became all?'
लोग पूछते हैं: 'मनुष्य मानते हैं कि ब्रह्मविद्या से वे सब कुछ हो जाएँगे। तो उस ब्रह्म ने ऐसा क्या जाना जिससे वह सब कुछ हो गया?'
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
A seeker's honest question: if knowing the ultimate makes one whole, what exactly is there to know? The answer comes in the next passage.
यह एक जिज्ञासु का सच्चा प्रश्न है: यदि परम को जानने से व्यक्ति पूर्ण हो जाता है, तो जानना क्या है? उत्तर अगले खंड में आता है।
Brihadaranyaka 1.4.9 raises a question: people think that by knowing Brahman they will become all; what did Brahman know, that it became all?