yājñavalkya kiṃjyotir ayaṃ puruṣa iti | ādityajyotiḥ samrāḍ iti hovāca | ādityenaivāyaṃ jyotiṣāste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetīti | evam evaitad yājñavalkya ||
2. 'Yâgñavalkya,' he said, 'what is the light of man 1?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The sun, O King; for, having the sun alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns.' Ganaka Vaideha said: 'So indeed it is, O Yâgñavalkya.'
he yājñavalkyetyevaṃ saṃbodhyābhimukhīkaraṇāya kiñjyotirayaṃ puruṣa iti kimasya puruṣasya jyotiryena jyotiṣā vyavaharati so 'yaṃ kiñjyotirayaṃ prākṛtaḥ kāryakaraṇasaṃghātarūpaḥ śiraḥpāṇyādimānpuruṣaḥ pṛcchyate | kimayaṃ svāvayavāsaṃghātabāhyena jyotirantareṇa vyavaharatyāhosvitsvāvayavasaṃghātamadhyapātinā jyotiṣā jyotiṣkāryamayaṃ puruṣo nirvartayatītyetadabhipretya pṛcchati | kiñcāto yadi vyatiriktena yadi vāvyatiriktena-jyotiṣā jyotiṣkāryaṃ nirvartayati | śṛṇu tatra kāraṇam yadi vyatiriktenaivajyotiṣā jyotiṣkāryanirvartakatvamasya svabhāvo nirdhārito bhavati tato 'dṛṣṭajyotiṣkāryaviṣaye 'pyanumāsyāmahe vyatiriktajyotirnimittamevedaṃ kāryamiti | athāvyatiriktenaiva svātmanā jyotiṣā vyavaharati tato 'pratyakṣe 'pi jyotiṣi jyotiṣkāryadarśane 'byatiriktameva jyotiranumeyam | athāniyama eva vyatiriktamavyatiriktaṃ vā jyotiḥ puruṣasya vyavahārahetustato 'nadhyavasāya eva jyotirviṣaya ityevaṃ manvānaḥ pṛcchati janako yājñavalkyaṃ kiñjyotirayaṃ puruṣa iti | nanvevamanumānakauśale janakasya kiṃ praśnena svayameva kasmānna pratipadyata iti | satyametat | tathāpi liṅgaliṅgisaṃbandhaviśeṣāṇāmatyantasaukṣmyādduravabodhyatāṃ manyate bahūnāmapu paṇḍitānāṃ kimutaikasya | ata eva hi dharmasūkṣmanirṇaye pariṣadvyāpāra iṣyate | puruṣaviśeṣaścāpekṣyate | daśāvarā pariṣattrayo vaiko veti | tasmādyadyapyanumānakauśalaṃ rājñastathāpi tu yukto yājñavalkyaḥ praṣṭum | vijñānakauśalatāratamyopapatteḥ puruṣāṇām | athavā śrutiḥ svayamevā'khyāyikāvyājenānumānamārgamupanyasyāsmānbodhayati puruṣamatimanusartī |
yājñavalkyo 'pi janakābhiprāyabhijñatayā vyatiriktamātmajyotirbodhayiṣyañjanakaṃ vyatiriktapratipādakameva liṅgaṃ pratipede yathā prasiddhamādityajyotiḥ samrāḍiti hovāca |
katham |
ādityenaiva svāvayavasaghātavyatiriktena cakṣuṣo 'nugrāhakeṇa jyotiṣāyaṃ prākṛtaḥ puruṣa āsta upaviśati palyayate prayeti kṣetramaraṇyaṃ vā tatra gatvā karma bāhyanekajyotiḥpradarśanaṃ ca liṅgasyāvyabhicāritvadarśanārtham |
evamevaitadyājñavalkya ||4,3.2||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 4,3.2;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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