atha ha vācaknavy uvāca -- brāhmaṇā bhagavanto hantāham imaṃ dvau praśnau prakṣyāmi | tau cen me vivakṣyati | na vai jātu yuṣmākam imaṃ kaścid brahmodyaṃ jeteti | pṛccha gārgīti ||
EIGHTH BRÂHMANA
1. Then Vâkaknavî said: 'Venerable Brâhmanas, I shall ask him two questions. If he will answer them, none of you, I think, will defeat him in any argument concerning Brahman.'
Yâgñavalkya said: 'Ask, O Gârgî.'
atha ha vācaknavyuvāca |
sarvaṃ yājñavalkyena niṣiddhā mūrdhapātabhayāduparatā satī punaḥ praṣṭuṃ brāhmaṇānujñāṃ prārthayate - he brāhmaṇā bhagavantaḥ pūjāvantaḥ śṛṇuta mama vacaḥ;hantāhamimaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ punardvai praśnau prakṣyāmi, yadyanumatirbhavatāmasti;tau praśnau cedyadi vakṣyati kathayiṣyati me, kathañcinna vai jātu kadācid yuṣmākaṃ madhye imaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ kaścid brahmodyaṃ brahmavadanaṃ prati jetā na vai kaścid bhavediti |
evamuktā brāhmaṇā anujñāṃ pradaduḥ - pṛccha gārgīti || 1 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 3,8.1;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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