tatra'yatsaptānnāni medhayā tapasājanayatpitā'ityasya kor'tha ucyate? ithi hi śabdenaiva vyācaṣṭe prasiddhārthāvadyotakena | prasiddho hyasya mantrasyārtha ityarthaḥ | yadajanayaditi cānuvādasvarūpeṇa mantreṇa prasiddhārthataiva prakāśitā | ato brāhmaṇamaviśaṅkyaivāha -'medhayā hi tapasājanayatpitā'iti? nanu kathaṃ prasiddhātāsyārthasya? ityucyate - jāyādikarmāntānāṃ lokaphalasādhanānāṃ pitṛtvaṃ tāvat pratyakṣameva, abhihitaṃ ca'jāyā me syāt'ityādinā | tatra ca daivaṃ vittaṃ vidyā karma putraśca phalabhūtānāṃ lokānāṃ sādhanaṃ sraṣṭṛtvaṃ pratītyabhihitam, vakṣyamāṇaṃ ca prasiddhameva;tasmādyuktaṃ vaktuṃ medhayetyādi | eṣaṇā hi phalaviṣayā prasiddhaiva ca loke | eṣaṇā ca jāyādītyuktam'etāvānvai kāmaḥ'ityanena | brahmavidyāviṣaye ca sarvaikatvātkāmānupapatteḥ | etenāśāstrīyaprajñātapobhyāṃ svābhāvikābhyāṃ jagatsraṣṭṛtvamuktameva bhavati;sthāvarāntasya cāniṣṭaphalasya karmavijñānanimittatvāt | vivakṣitastu śāstrīya eva sādhyasādhanabhāvo brahmavidyāvidhitsayā tadvairāgyasya vivakṣitatvāt | sarvo hyaṃ vyaktāvyaktalakṣaṇaḥ saṃsāro 'suddho 'nityaḥ sādhyasādhanarūpo duḥkho 'vidyāviṣaya ityetasmādviraktasya brahmavidyā ārabdhavyeti | tatrānnānāṃ vibhāgena viniyoga ucyate-'ekamasya sādhāraṇma'iti mantrapadam, tasya vyākhyānam'idamevāsya tasmādhāraṇamannam'ityuttkam | asya bhottkṛsamudāyasya, kiṃ tat? yadidamadyate bhujyate sarvaiḥ prāṇibhirahanyahani, tasmādhāraṇaṃ sarvabhoktrarthamakalpayatpitā sṛṣṭvānnam | sa ya etatsādhāraṇaṃ sarvaprāṇabhṛtsthitikaraṃ bhujyamānamannamupāste tatparo bhavatītyarthaḥ-- upāsanaṃ hi nāma tātparya dṛṣṭaṃ loke'gurumupāste' 'rājānamupāste'ityādau--tasmāccharīrasthityarthannopabhogapradhānonādṛṣṭārthakarmapradhāna ityarthaḥ;sa evaṃ bhūto na pāpmano 'dharmadvayāvartate--na vimucyata ityetat | tathā ca mantravarṇaḥ---"moghamannaṃvindate"ityādiḥ | smṛtirapi-"nātmārtha pācayedannam" "apradāyaibhyo yo bhūṅkte stena eva saḥ" "annāde bhrūṇahā mārṣṭi" ityādiḥ | kasmātpunaḥ pāpmano na vyāvartate? miśraṃ hyetasmarseṣāṃ hi svaṃ tadapravibhaktaṃ yatprāṇibhirbhujyate | sarvabhojyatpādeva yo mukhe prakṣipyamāṇo 'pi grāsaḥ parasya pīḍākaro dṛśyate,'mamedaṃ syāt'iti hi sarveṣāṃ tatrāśā prativadvā | tasmānna paramapīḍaytvā grasitumapi śakyate | "duṣkṛtaṃ hi manuṣyāṇām"ityādismaraṇācca | gṛhiṇā vaiśvadevākhyamannaṃ yadahanyahani nirūpyata iti kecit, tatra, sarvabhottakṛsādhāraṇatvaṃ vaiśvadevākhyasyānnasya na sarvaprāṇabhṛdbhujyamānānnavatpratyakṣam, nāpi'yadidamadyate'iti tadviṣayaṃ vacanamanukūlam | sarvaprāṇabhṛdbhapajyamānāṃnānnāntaḥpātitvācca vaiśvadevākhyasya yuttakaṃ śvacāṇḍālādyādhasyānnasya grahaṇam, vaiśvadevavyatirekeṇāpi śvacāṇḍālādyādhāśvadarśanāt, tatra yutkam,'yadidamadyate'iti vacanam | yadi hi tanna gṛhyeta, sādhāraṇaśabdena pitrāsṛṣṭatvāviniyuttkatve tasya prasajyeyātām | iṣyate hi tatsṛṣṭavaṃ tadviniyuttkatvaṃ ya sarvasyānnajātasya | na ca vaiśvadevākhyaṃ śāstroktaṃ karma kurvataḥ pāpmano 'vinivṛttiryuktā, na ca tasya pratiṣedho 'sti, na ca matsyabandhanādikarmavatsvabhāvajugupsitametat, śiṣṭanirvartyatvāt, akaraṇe ca pratyavāyaśravaṇāt | itaratra ca pratyavāyopapatteḥ"ahamannamannamadantamā3ṅmi"(tai.u.3 | 10 | 6) iti mantravarṇāt | dve devānabhājayat iti mantrapadam, ye dve anne sṛṣṭvā devānabhājayat | ke te dve? ityucyate - hutaṃ ca prahutaṃ ca | hutamityagnau havanam, prahutaṃ hutvā baliharaṇam | yasmād dve ete anne hutaprahute devānabhājayatpitā | tasmādetarhyapi gṛhiṇaḥ kāle dvebhyo(? ) juhvati devebhya idamannamasmābhirdīyamānamiti manvānā juhvati, prajuhvati ca hutvā baliharaṇaṃ ca kurvata ityarthaḥ | atho apyanya āhurdve anne pitrā devebhyaḥ pratte na hutaprahute, kiṃ tarhi? darśapūrṇamāsāviti | dvitvaśravaṇāviśeṣādatyantaprasiddhatvācca hutaprahute iti prathamaḥ pakṣaḥ | yadyapi dvitvaṃ hutaprahutayoḥ sambhavati, tathāpi śrautayoreva tu darśapūrṇamāsayordevānnatvaṃ prasiddhataram, mantra prakāśitatvāt | guṇapradhānaprāptau ca pradhāne prathamatarā avagatiḥ, darśapūrṇamāsayośca prādhānyaṃ hutaprahutāpekṣayā | tasmāttayoreva grahaṇaṃ yuktam'dve devānabhājayat'iti | yasmāddevātamete pitrā prakḷpte darśapūrṇamāsākhye anne, tasmāttayordevārthatvāvighātāya neṣṭiyājuka iṣṭiyajanaśīlaḥ, iṣṭiśabdena kila kāmyā iṣṭayaḥ, śātapathīyaṃ prasiddhiḥ, tācchīlyapratyayaprayogātkāmyeṣṭiyajanapradhāne na syādityarthaḥ | paśubhya ekaṃ prāyacchaditi - yatpaśubhya ekaṃ punastadannam? tatpayaḥ | kathaṃ punaravagamyate paśavo 'syānnasya svāminaḥ? ityata āha - payo hyagre prathamaṃ yasmānmanuṣyāśca paśavaśca payaḥ evopajīvantīti | ucitaṃ hi'tapo tadannam'anyathā kathaṃ tadevāgre niyamenopajīveyuḥ? kathamagre tadevopajīvanti? ityucyate - manuṣyāśca paśavaśca yasmāttenaivānnena vartante 'dyatve 'pi, yathā pitrā ādau viniyogaḥ kṛtastathā | tasmātkumāraṃ bālaṃ jātaṃ ghṛtaṃ vā traivarṇikā jātakarmaṇi jātarūpasaṃyuktaṃ pratilehayanti paścāt pāyayanti | yathāsambhavamanyeṣāṃ stanamevāgre dhāpayanti manuṣyebhyo 'nyeṣāṃ paśūnām | atha vatsaṃ jātamāhuḥ'kiyatpramāṇo vatsaḥ'? ityevaṃ pṛṣṭā- santo 'tṛṇāda iti | nādyāpi tṛṇamatti, atīva bālaḥ, payasaivādyāpi vartata ityarthaḥ | yaccāgre jātakarmādau ghṛtamupajīvanti, yaccetare paya eva, tatsarvathāpi paya evopajīvanti;ghṛtasyāpi payovikāratvātpayastvameva kasmātpunaḥ saptamaṃ satpaśvannaṃ caturthatvena vyākhyāyate? karmasādhanatvāt | karma hi payaḥsādhanāśrayaṃ agnihotrādi | tacca karma sādhanaṃ vittasādhyaṃ vakṣyamāṇasyānnatrayasya sādhyasya, yathā darśapūrṇamāsau pūrvoktāvanne | ataḥ karmapakṣatvāt karmaṇā saha piṇḍīkṛtyopadeśaḥ | sādhanatvāviśeṣādarthasambandhādānantaryamakāraṇamiti cāvyākhyāne pratipattisaukaryācca | sukhaṃ hi nairantaryeṇa vyākhyātu śakyante 'nnāni vyākhyātāni ca sukhaṃ pratīyante | tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca netyasya kor'thaḥ? ityucyate - tasminpaśvanne payasi sarvamadhyātmādhibhūtādhidaivalakṣaṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ jagatpratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti prāṇaveṣṭāvadyacca na sthānaraṃ śailādi | tatra hi śabdenaiva prasiddhāvadyotakena vyākhyātam | kāraṇatvāpapatteḥ | kāraṇatvaṃ cāgnihotrādikarmasamavāyitvam | agnihotrādyāhutivipariṇāmātmakaṃ ca jagatkṛtsnamiti śrutismṛtivādāḥ śataśo vyavasthitāḥ | ato yuktameva hi śabdena vyākhyānam | yattadbrāhmaṇāntareṣvidamāhuḥ - saṃvatsaraṃ payasā juhvadapa punarmṛtyuṃ jayatīti, saṃvatsareṇa kila trīṇi ṣaṣṭiśatānyāhutīnāṃ sapta ca śatāni viṃśatiśceti yājuṣmatīriṣṭakā abhisampadyamānāḥ saṃvatsarasya cāhorātrāṇi, saṃvatsaramagniṃ prajāpatimāpnuvanti;evaṃ kṛtvā saṃvatsaraṃ juhvadapajayati punaḥ mṛtyum, itaḥ pretya deveṣu sambhūtaḥ punarna mriyata ityarthaḥ | ityevaṃ brāhmaṇavādā āhuḥ, na tathā vidyānna tathā draṣṭavyam;yadahareva juhoti tadahaḥ punarmṛtyumapajayati, na saṃvatsarābhyāsamapekṣate | evaṃ vidvānsan, yaduktam - payasi hīdaṃ sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ paya āhutivipariṇāmātmakatvātsarvasyeti, tadekenaivāhvā jagadātmatvaṃ pratipadyate;taducyate - apajayati punarmṛtyuṃ punarmaraṇam, sakṛnmṛtvāviddhāñcharīreṇa viyujya sarvātmā bhavati na punarmaraṇāya paricchinnaṃ śarīraṃ gṛhṇātītyarthaḥ | kaḥ punarhetuḥ sarvātmāptyā mṛtyumapajayati? ityucyate - sarvaṃ samastaṃ hi yasmāddevebhyaḥ sarvebhyo 'nnādyamannameva tadādyaṃ ca sāyaṃprātarāhutiprakṣepeṇa prayacchati | tadyuktaṃ sarvamāhutimayamātmānaṃ kṛtvā sarvadevānnarūpeṇa sarvairdevairekātmabhāvaṃ gatvā sarvadevamayo bhūtvā punarna mriyata iti | athaitadapyuktaṃ brāhmaṇena -"brahma vai svayambhū tapo 'tapyata tadaikṣata na vai tapasyānantyamasti, hantāhaṃ bhūteṣvātmānaṃ juhavāni bhūtāni cātmanīti, tatsarveṣu bhūteṣvātmānaṃ hutvā bhūtāni cātmani sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ svārājyagādhipatyaṃ paryet"iti | kasmāttāni na kṣīyante 'dyamānāni sarvadeti | yadā pitrā annāni sṛṣṭvā sapta pṛthakpṛthagbhoktṛbhiradyagānāni - tannimittatvātteṣāṃ sthiteḥ - sarvadā nairantaryeṇa;kṛtakṣayopapatteśca yuktasteṣāṃ kṣayaḥ | na ca tāni kṣīyamāṇāni, jagato 'vibhraṣṭarūpeṇaivāvasthānadarśanāt | bhavitavyaṃ cākṣayakāraṇena;tasmātkasmātpunastāni na kṣīyanta iti praśnaḥ | tasyedaṃ prativacanam -'puriṣo vā akṣitiḥ' | yathāsau pūrvamannānāṃ sraṣṭāsītpitā medhayā jāyādisambandhena ca pāṅktakarmaṇā bhoktā ca, tathā yebhyo dattānyannāni te 'pi teṣāmannānāṃ bhoktāro 'pi santaḥ pitara eva, medhayā tapasā ca yato janayanti tānyannāni | tadetadabhidhīyate puruṣo vai yo 'nnānāṃ bhoktā so 'kṣitirakṣayahetuḥ | kathamasyākṣititvam? ityucyate - sa hi yasmādidaṃ bhujyamānaṃ saptavidhaṃ kāryakaraṇalakṣaṇaṃ kriyāphalātmakaṃ punaḥ punarbhūyo bhūyo janayata utpādayati dhiyā dhiyā tattatkālabhāvinyā tayā tayā prajñayā, karmabhiśca vāṅmanaḥkāyaveṣṭitaiḥ yadyadi ha yadyetatsaptavidhamannamuktaṃ kṣaṇamātramapi na kuryātprajñayā karmabhiśca, tato vicchidyeta bhujyamānatvātsātatyena kṣīyeta ha | tasmādyathaivāyaṃ puruṣo bhoktā annānāṃ nairantaryeṇa, yathāprajñe yathākarma ca karotyapi | tasmātpuruṣo 'kṣitiḥ sātatyena kartṛtvāt | tasmād bhujyamānānyapyannāni na kṣīyanta ityarthaḥ | ataḥ prajñākriyālakṣaṇaprabandhārūḍhaḥ sarvo lokaḥ sādhyasādhanalakṣaṇaḥ kriyāphalātmakaḥ saṃhatānekaprāṇikarmavāsanāsantānāvaṣṭabdhatvātkṣaṇiko 'śuddho 'sāro nadīsrotaḥ pradīpasantānakalpaḥ kadalīstambhavadasāraḥ phenamāyāmarīcyambhaḥsvapnādisamastadātmagatadṛṣṭīnāmavikīryamāṇo nityaḥ sāravāniva lakṣyate | tadetadvairāgyārthamucyate - dhiyā dhiyā janayate karmabhiryaddhaitanna kuryātkṣīyeta heti - viraktānāṃ hyasmādbrahmavidyā ārabdhavyā caturthapramukheṇeti | yo vaitāmakṣitiṃ vedeti;vakṣyamāṇānyapi trīṇyannānyasminnavasare vyakhyātānyeveti kṛtvā teṣāṃ yāthātmyavijñānaphalamupasaṃhriyate - yo vā etām akṣitim akṣayahetuṃ yathoktaṃ veda, puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ sa hīdamannaṃ dhiyā dhiyā janayate karmabhiryaddhaitanna kuryātkṣīyate heti |
so 'nnamatti pratīkenetyasyārtha ucyate - mukhaṃ mukhyatvaṃ prādhānyamityetat |
prādhānyevānnānāṃ pituḥ puruṣasyākṣititvaṃ yo veda so 'nnamatti nānnaṃ prati guṇabhūtaḥ san |
yathājño na tathā vidvānannānāyātmabhūtaḥ, bhoktaiva bhavati, na bhojyatāmāpādyate |
sa devānapi gacchati sa ūrjamupajīvati, devānapi gacchati devātmabhāvaṃ pratipadyate, ūrjamamṛtaṃ copajīvatīti yaduktaṃ sā praśaṃsā, nāpūrvārtho 'nyo 'sti || 2 ||
pāṅktasya karmaṇaḥ phalabhūtāni yāni trīṇyannāpyupakṣiptāni tāni kāryatvādvistīrṇaviṣayatvācca pūrvabhyo 'nnebhyaḥ pṛthagutkṛṣṭāni, teṣāṃ vyākhyānārtha uttaro grantha ā brāhmaṇaparisamāpteḥ |
