etad dha vai taj janako vaideho buḍilam āśvatarāśvim uvāca -- yan nu ho tad gāyatrīvid abrūthāḥ | atha kathaṃ hastībhūto vahasīti | mukhaṃ hy asyāḥ samrāṇ na vidāṃ cakareti hovāca | tasyā agnir eva mukham | yadi ha vā api bahv ivāgnāv abhyādadhati sarvam eva tat saṃdahati | evaṃ haivaivaṃvid yady api bahv iva pāpaṃ kurute sarvam eva tat saṃpsāya śuddhaḥ pūto 'jaro 'mṛtaḥ saṃbhavati ||
8. And thus Ganaka Vaideha spoke on this point to Budila Âsvatarâsvi: 'How is it that thou who spokest thus as knowing the Gâyatrî, hast become an elephant and carriest me?' He answered: 'Your Majesty, I did not know its mouth. Agni, fire, is indeed its mouth; and if people pile even what seems much (wood) on the fire, it consumes it all. And thus a man who knows this, even if he commits what seems much evil, consumes it all and becomes pure, clean, and free from decay and death.'
gāyatryā mukhavidhānāyārthavāda ucyate-etaddha kila vai smaryate | tattatra gāyatrīvijñānaviṣaye janako vaideho buḍilo nāmato 'śvatarāśvasyāpatyamāśvatarāśvistaṃ kiloktavān | yannu iti vitarke ho aho ityetattadyattvaṃ gāyatrīvidbrūthā gāyatrīvidasmīti yadabrūthāḥ kimidaṃ tasya vacaso 'nanurūpam | atha kathaṃ yadi gāyatrīvitpratigrahadoṣeṇa hastobhūto vahasīti | sa pratyāha rājñā smārito mukhaṃ gāyatryā hi yasmādasyā he samrāṇna vidāñcakāra na vijñātavānasmīti hovāca |
ekāhgavikalatvādgāyatrīvijñānaṃ mamāphalaṃ jātam |
śṛṇu tarhi tasyā gāyatryā agnireva mukham |
yadi ha vā api bahvivendhanamagnāvabhyādadhati laukikāḥ sarvameva tatsaṃdahatyevendhanamagnirevaṃ haivaivaṃvidgāyatryā agnirmukhamityevaṃ vettītyevaṃvitsyātsvayaṃ gāyatryātmāgnimukhaḥ san |
yadyapi bahviva pāpaṃ kurute pratigrahādidoṣaṃ tatsarvaṃ pāpajātaṃ saṃpsāya bhakṣayitvā śuddho 'gnivatpūtaśca tasmātpratigrahadoṣādgāyatryātmājaro 'mṛtaśca saṃbhavati || 8 ||
iti śrīmadbṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣye pañcamādhyāyasya caturdaśaṃ brāhmaṇam || 14 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 5,14.8;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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