न्यग्रोधफलमत आहरेति । इदं भगव इति । भिन्द्धीति । भिन्नं भगव इति । किमत्र पश्यसीति । अण्व्य इवेमा धाना भगव इति । आसामङ्गैकां भिन्द्धीति । भिन्ना भगव इति । किमत्र पश्यसीति । न किंचन भगव इति ॥
nyagrodhaphalamata āhareti | idaṃ bhagava iti | bhinddhīti | bhinnaṃ bhagava iti | kimatra paśyasīti | aṇvya ivemā dhānā bhagava iti | āsāmaṅgaikāṃ bhinddhīti | bhinnā bhagava iti | kimatra paśyasīti | na kiṃcana bhagava iti ||
"Bring a banyan fig from over there." "Here it is, sir." "Split it." "It is split, sir." "What do you see in it?" "These seeds, sir, very tiny ones." "Now, son, split one of them." "It is split, sir." "What do you see in it?" "Nothing at all, sir."
"वहाँ से एक बरगद का फल ले आओ।" "यह रहा, भगवन्।" "इसे तोड़ो।" "तोड़ दिया, भगवन्।" "इसमें क्या देखते हो?" "भगवन्, ये बहुत छोटे-छोटे बीज।" "बेटा, इनमें से एक को तोड़ो।" "तोड़ दिया, भगवन्।" "इसमें क्या देखते हो?" "कुछ भी नहीं, भगवन्।"
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The source of something great is often invisible. 'Nothing at all' is where a whole tree comes from, so what we cannot see is not therefore unreal.
किसी विशाल चीज़ का स्रोत अक्सर दिखाई नहीं देता। 'कुछ भी नहीं' से ही पूरा पेड़ आता है, इसलिए जो दिखता नहीं वह असत्य नहीं हो जाता।
Chandogya 6.12.1: the banyan seed illustration. Uddalaka has Shvetaketu split a banyan fig and then one of its tiny seeds, and asks what he sees inside.