sā hovāca -- brāhmaṇā bhagavantas tad eva bahu manyadhvaṃ yad asmān namaskāreṇa mucyedhvam | na vai jātu yuṣmākam imaṃ kaścid brahmodyaṃ jeteti | tato ha vācaknavy upararāma ||
12. Then said Gargî: 'Venerable Brâhmans, you may consider it a great thing, if you get off by bowing before him. No one, I believe, will defeat him in any argument concerning Brahman.' After that Vâkaknavî held her peace.
sā hovāca - he brāhmaṇā bhagavantaḥ śṛṇuta madīyaṃ vacaḥ;tadeva bahu manyedhvam;kiṃ tat? yadasmād yājñavalkyānnamaskāreṇa mucyedhvam - asmai namaskāraṃ kṛtvā tadeva bahu manyadhvamityarthaḥ;jayastvasya manasāpi na āśaṃsanīyaḥ, kimuta kāryataḥ;kasmāt? na vai yuṣmākaṃ madhye jātu kadācidapīmaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ brahmodyaṃ prati jetā | praśnau cenamahyaṃ vakṣyati, na jetā bhaviteti pūrvameva mayā pratijñātam;adyāpi mamāyameva niścayaḥ - brahmodyaṃ pratyetattulyo na kaścid vidyata iti | tato ha vācaknavyupararāma | atra antaryāmibrāhmaṇe etad uktam - yaṃ pṛthivī na veda, yaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni na vidiriti ca | yamantaryāmiṇaṃ na vidurye ca na viduryacca tadakṣaraṃ darśanādakriyākartṛtvena sarveṣāṃ cetanādidhāturityuktam-kastveṣāṃ viśeṣaḥ kiṃ vā sāmānyamiti | tatra kecidācakṣate-parasya mahāsamudrasthānāyasya brahmaṇo 'kṣarasya apracalitatvarūpasyeṣatpracalitāvasthāntaryāmī;atyantapracalitāvasthā kṣetrajñaḥ, yastaṃ na vedāntaryāmiṇam;tathānyāḥ pañcāvasthāḥ parikalpayanti, tathā aṣṭāvasthā brahmaṇo bhavantīti vadanti | anye 'kṣarasya śaktaya etā iti vadanti, anantaśaktimadakṣaramiti ca | anye tvakṣarasya vikārā iti vadanti | avasthāśaktī tāvannopapadyeto akṣarasya, aśanāyādisaṃsāradharmātītatvaśruteḥ | na hyaśanāyādyatītatvamaśanāyādidharmavadavasthāvattvaṃ caikasya yugapadupapadyate;tathā śaktimattvaṃ ca | vikārāvayavatve ca doṣāḥ pradarśitāścaturthe | tasmādetā asatyāḥ sarvāḥ kalpanāḥ | kastarhi meda eṣām? upādhikṛta iti brūmaḥ;na svata eṣāṃ medo 'medo vā, saindhavaghanavat prajñānadhanaikarasasvāmāvyāt,"apūrvamanaparamanantaramabāhyam""ayamātmā brahma"iti ca śruteḥ | "savāhyābhyāntaro hyajaḥ"iti cātharvaṇe | tasmānnirūpādhikasyātmano nirūpākhyātvānnirviśeṣatvādekatvācca"neti neti"iti vyapadeśo bhavati | avidyākāmakarmaviśiṣṭakāryakaraṇopādhirātmā saṃsārī jiva ucyate | nityaniratiśayajñāna śaktyupādhirātmāntaryāmīśvara ucyate, sa eva nirūpādhiḥ kevalaḥ śudvaḥ svena svabhāvenākṣaraṃ para ucyate, tathā hiraṇyagarmāvyākṛtadevatājātipiṇḍamanuṣyatiryakpretādikāryakaraṇopādh ibhirviśiṣṭastadākhyastadarūpo bhavati | tathā"tadejati tannaijati"iti vyākhyātam |
tathā"eṣa ta ātmā" "eṣa sarvabhūtāntarātmā" "eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ" "tattavamasi" "ahamevedaṃ sarvam" "ātmaivedaṃ sarvam" "nānyo 'to 'sti draṣṭā"ityādiśrutayo na virudhyante |
kalpanāntareṣvetāḥ śrutayo na gacchanti |
tasmādupādhimedenaila eṣāṃ medo nānyathā |
'ekamevādvitīyam'ityavadhāraṇāt sarveṣaniṣatsu || 12 ||
iti tṛtīyādhyāyeṣṭamamakṣarabrāhmaṇam || 8 ||
atha hainaṃ vidagdhaḥ śākalyaḥ papraccha | pṛthivyādīnāṃ sūkṣmatāratamyakrameṇa pūrvasya pūrvasya uttarasminnuttarasminnotaprotabhāvaṃ kathayan sarvāntaraṃ brahma prakāśitavān tasya ca brahmaṇo vyākṛtaviṣaye sūtramedeṣu niyantṛtvamuktam-vyākṛtaviṣaye vyaktaraṃ liṅgamiti | tasyaiva brahmaṇaḥ sākṣādaparokṣatve niyantavyadevatāmedasaṃkocavikā sadvāreṇādhigantavye iti tadarya śākalyabrāhmaṇamāramyate--
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 3,8.12;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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