ayam agnir vaiśvānaro yo 'yam antaḥ puruṣe | yenedam annaṃ pacyate | yad idam adyate | tasyaiṣa ghoṣo bhavati | yam etat karṇāv apidhāya śṛṇoti | sa yadotkramiṣyan bhavati nainaṃ ghoṣaṃ śṛṇoti ||
NINTH BRÂHMANA
1. Agni Vaisvânara, is the fire within man by which the food that is eaten is cooked, i.e. digested. Its noise is that which one hears, if one covers one's ears. When he is on the point of departing this life, he does not hear that noise.
ayamagnirvaiśvānanaraḥ pūrvavadupāsanāntaramayamagnirvaiśvānaraḥ | ko 'yamagnirityāha-yo 'yamantaḥpuruṣe | kiṃ śarīrārambhako netyucyate-yenāgninā vaiśvānarākhyenedamannaṃ pacyate | kiṃ tadannam | yadidamadyate bhujyate 'nnaṃ prajābhijaṭhiro 'gnirityarthaḥ | tasya sākṣādupalakṣaṇārthamidamāha-tasyāgnerannaṃ pacato jāṭharasyaiṣa ghoṣo bhavati |
ko 'sau |
yaṃ ghoṣametaditi kriyāviśeṣaṇaṃ karṇāvapidhāyāṅgulībhyāmapidhānaṃ kṛtvā śṛṇoti taṃ prajāpatimupāsīta vaiśvānaramagnim |
atrāpi tādbhāvyaṃ phalam |
tatra prāsaṅgikamidamariṣṭalakṣaṇamucyate-so 'tra śarīre bhoktā yadotkramiṣyanbhavati nainaṃ ghoṣaṃ śṛṇoti || 1 ||
iti śrīmadbṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣye pañcamādhyāyasya navamaṃ brāhmaṇam || 9 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 5,9.1;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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