1.4.7

This (universe) was then undifferentiated. It differentiated only into name and form—it was called such and such, and was of such and such form. So to this day it is differentiated only into name and form—it is called such and such, and is of such and such form. This Self has entered into these bodies up to the tip of the nails—as a razor may be put in its case, or as fire, which sustains the world, may be in its source. People do not see It, for (viewed in Its aspects) It is incomplete. When It does the function of living, It is called the vital force; when It speaks, the organ of speech; when It sees, the eye; when It hears, the ear; and when It thinks, the mind. These are merely Its names according to functions. He who meditates upon each of this totality of aspects does not know, for It is incomplete, (being divided) from this totality by possessing a single characteristic. The Self alone is to be meditated upon, for all these are unified in It. Of all these, this Self alone should be realised, for one knows all these through It, just as one may get (an animal) through its footprints. He who knows It as such obtains fame and association (with his relatives).





  • taddhedaṃ

    तद्धेदं
  • tarhyavyākṛtamāsīt

    तर्ह्यव्याकृतमासीत्
  • tannāmarūpābhyāmeva

    तन्नामरूपाभ्यामेव
  • vyākriyata

    व्याक्रियत
  • asaunāmāyamidaṃrūpa

    असौनामायमिदंरूप
  • iti

    इति
  • tadidamapyetarhi

    तदिदमप्येतर्हि
  • nāmarūpābhyāmeva

    नामरूपाभ्यामेव
  • vyākriyate

    व्याक्रियते
  • asaunāmāyamidaṃrūpa

    असौनामायमिदंरूप
  • iti

    इति
  • sa

  • eṣa

    एष
  • iha

    इह
  • praviṣṭa

    प्रविष्ट
  • ā

  • nakhāgrebhyaḥ

    नखाग्रेभ्यः
  • yathā

    यथा
  • kṣuraḥ

    क्षुरः
  • kṣuradhāne'vahitaḥ

    क्षुरधानेऽवहितः
  • syāt

    स्यात्
  • viśvambharo

    विश्वम्भरो
  • वा
  • viśvambharakulāye

    विश्वम्भरकुलाये
  • taṃ

    तं
  • na

  • paśyanti

    पश्यन्ति
  • akṛtsno

    अकृत्स्नो
  • hi

    हि
  • saḥ

    सः
  • prāṇanneva

    प्राणन्नेव
  • prāṇo

    प्राणो
  • nāma

    नाम
  • bhavati

    भवति
  • vadan

    वदन्
  • vāk

    वाक्
  • paśyaṃścakṣuḥ

    पश्यंश्चक्षुः
  • śṛṇvan

    शृण्वन्
  • śrotram

    श्रोत्रम्
  • manvāno

    मन्वानो
  • manaḥ

    मनः
  • tānyasyaitāni

    तान्यस्यैतानि
  • karmanāmānyeva

    कर्मनामान्येव
  • sa

  • yo'ta

    योऽत
  • ekaikamupāste

    एकैकमुपास्ते
  • na

  • sa

  • veda

    वेद
  • akṛtsno

    अकृत्स्नो
  • hyeṣo'ta

    ह्येषोऽत
  • ekaikena

    एकैकेन
  • bhavati

    भवति
  • ātmetyevopāsīta

    आत्मेत्येवोपासीत
  • atra

    अत्र
  • hyete

    ह्येते
  • sarva

    सर्व
  • ekam

    एकम्
  • bhavanti

    भवन्ति
  • tadetatpadanīyamasya

    तदेतत्पदनीयमस्य
  • sarvasya

    सर्वस्य
  • yadayamātmā

    यदयमात्मा
  • anena

    अनेन
  • hyetatsarvaṃ

    ह्येतत्सर्वं
  • veda

    वेद
  • yathā

    यथा
  • ha

  • vai

    वै
  • padenānuvindedevam

    पदेनानुविन्देदेवम्
  • kīrtiṃ

    कीर्तिं
  • ślokaṃ

    श्लोकं
  • vindate

    विन्दते
  • ya

  • evaṃ

    एवं
  • veda

    वेद