sa hovāca -- yad ūrdhvaṃ gārgi divo yad avāk pṛthivyā yad antarā dyāvāpṛthivī ime yad bhūtaṃ ca bhavac ca bhaviṣyac cety ācakṣata ākāśa eva tad otaṃ ca protaṃ ceti | kasmin nu khalv ākāśa otaś ca protaś ceti ||
7. Yâgñavalkya said: 'That of which they say that it is above the heavens, beneath the earth, embracing heaven and earth, past, present, and future, that is woven, like warp and woof, in the ether.'
Gârgî said: 'In what then is the ether woven, like warp and woof?'
sarvaṃ yathoktaṃ gārgyā pratyuccārya tameva pūrvoktamarthamavadhāritavānākāśa eveti yājñavalkyaḥ | gārgyāha-kasminnu khalvākāśa otaśca protaśceti | ākāśameva tāvat kālatrayātītatvād durvācyam, tato 'pi kaṣṭataramakṣaram yasminnākāśamotaṃ ca protaṃ ca, ato 'vācyamitikṛtvā, na pratipadyate sā apratipattirnāma nigrahasthānaṃ tārkikasamaye;athāvācyamapi vakṣyati, tathāpi vipratipattirnāma nigrahasthānam;virudvā pratipattirhi sā, yadavācyasya vadanam;ato durvacanaṃ praśnaṃ manyate gārgī || 7 || tad doṣadvayamapi parijihīrpannāha-
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 3,8.7;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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