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Shvetashvatara Upanishad 5.2

5.2 Upanishadic seer

यो योनिं योनिमधितिष्ठत्येको विश्वानि रूपाणि योनीश्च सर्वाः । ऋषिं प्रसूतं कपिलं यस्तमग्रे ज्ञानैर्बिभर्ति जायमानं च पश्येत् ॥

yo yoniṃ yonimadhitiṣṭhatyeko viśvāni rūpāṇi yonīśca sarvāḥ | ṛṣiṃ prasūtaṃ kapilaṃ yastamagre jñānairbibharti jāyamānaṃ ca paśyet ||

He who alone presides over every womb, over all forms and all sources; who in the beginning bore with knowledge the seer, the tawny one (kapila) who was brought forth, and watched him as he was born.

जो अकेला ही हर योनि, सारे रूपों और सारे उद्गमों का अधिष्ठाता है, जिसने आरंभ में उत्पन्न हुए कपिल (सुनहरे) ऋषि को ज्ञान से पोषित किया और उसे जन्म लेते देखा।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Wisdom itself has a source. Whatever we learn, from teachers or experience, is ultimately a gift that comes from beyond us.

ज्ञान का भी एक स्रोत है। जो कुछ हम सीखते हैं, गुरुओं से या अनुभव से, वह अंततः हमसे परे से आया उपहार है।

The sage describes the one who presides over every source and form, and who nourished with knowledge the first-born 'tawny seer' (kapila ṛṣi).

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