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Chapter 12.179

Verse 1 View Details
यदि प्राणायते वायुर्वायुरेव विचेष्टते । श्वसित्याभाषते चैव तस्माज्जीवो निरर्थकः ॥
Bharadwaja said If it is the air that keeps us alive, if it is the air that makes us inove and act is if it, the air that makes us breathe and speak, then it appears that life is not worth much.
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यदि | प्राणायते | वायुर् | वायुर् | एव | विचेष्टते
श्वस् + आभाष् | च + एव | तस्मात् + जीव | निरर्थकः
Verse 2 View Details
यद्यूष्मभाव आग्नेयो वह्निना पच्यते यदि । अग्निर्जरयते चैव तस्माज्जीवो निरर्थकः ॥
If the animal heat be of the nature of fire, and if it is that fire which helps digestion by dissolving the food we take, then life is not worth much.
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यदि + ऊष्मन् + भाव | आग्नेयो | वह्निना | पच्यते | यदि
श्वस् + आभाष् | च + एव | तस्मात् + जीव | निरर्थकः
Verse 3 View Details
जन्तोः प्रमीयमाणस्य जीवो नैवोपलभ्यते । वायुरेव जहात्येनमूष्मभावश्च नश्यति ॥
When an animal dies, that which is called its life is never seen to depart. Only the vital air relinquishes it, and the internal heat is put out.
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जन्तोः | प्रमीयमाणस्य | जीवो | न + एव + उपलभ्
वायुर् | एव | हा + एनद् | ऊष्मन् + भाव + च | नश्यति
Verse 4 View Details
यदि वातोपमो जीवः संश्लेषो यदि वायुना । वायुमण्डलवद्दृश्यो गच्छेत्सह मरुद्गणैः ॥
If life were nothing else than air, or if life depended only on the air, then it could have been seen like the outward sea of air, and when passing out it would have been mixed with that air.
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यदि | वात + उपम | जीवः | संश्लेषो | यदि | वायुना
वायु + मण्डल + वत् | दृश्यो | गच्छेत् | सह | मरुत् + गण
Verse 5 View Details
श्लेषो यदि च वातेन यदि तस्मात्प्रणश्यति । महार्णवविमुक्तत्वादन्यत्सलिलभाजनम् ॥
If life depended upon air, and if it ended with the passing of that air from the body, it would then mingle with the eternal air like a portion of water passing into the great sea and thereby only changing the place of its residence. If a quantity of water be thrown into a well, or if the flame of a lamp be thrown into a burning fire, either of them, entering the original element, loses its independent existence. If life were air, it also, when the animal died, would merge in the great sea of air outside.
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श्लेषो | यदि | च | वातेन | यदि | तस्मात् | प्रणश्यति
महत् + अर्णव + विमुच् + त्व | अन्यत् | सलिल + भाजन
Verse 6 View Details
कूपे वा सलिलं दद्यात्प्रदीपं वा हुताशने । प्रक्षिप्तं नश्यति क्षिप्रं यथा नश्यत्यसौ तथा ॥
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कूपे | वा | सलिलं | दद्यात् | प्रदीपं | वा | हुताशने
प्रक्षिप्तं | नश्यति | क्षिप्रं | यथा | नश् + अदस् | तथा
Verse 7 View Details
पञ्चसाधारणे ह्यस्मिञ्शरीरे जीवितं कुतः । येषामन्यतरत्यागाच्चतुर्णां नास्ति संग्रहः ॥
How we can say that there is life in this animal body which is composed of the five elements? If one of those clements disappear, the dissolution of the other four is brought about.
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पञ्चन् + साधारण | हि + इदम् | शरीरे | जीवितं | कुतः
येषाम् | अन्यतर + त्याग + चतुर् | न + अस् | संग्रहः
Verse 8 View Details
नश्यन्त्यापो ह्यनाहाराद्वायुरुच्छ्वासनिग्रहात् । नश्यते कोष्ठभेदात्खमग्निर्नश्यत्यभोजनात् ॥
The element of water dries up if food is not taken. The element of air disappears if the breath is controlled. The element of space disappears if the excretions cease. So also the element of fire disappears if food does not go in.
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नश् + अप् | हि + अनाहार | वायुर् | उच्छ्वास + निग्रह
नश्यते | कोष्ठ + भेद | खम् | अग्निर् | नश् + अभोजन
Verse 9 View Details
व्याधिव्रणपरिक्लेशैर्मेदिनी चैव शीर्यते । पीडितेऽन्यतरे ह्येषां संघातो याति पञ्चधा ॥
The element of earth is shattered to pieces by disease, wounds and other sufferings. If only one of the five is spoiled, the union is dissolved and the five go away into five different directions.
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व्याधि + व्रण + परिक्लेश | मेदिनी | च + एव | शीर्यते
पीडिते | ऽन्यतरे | हि + इदम् | संघातो | याति | पञ्चधा
Verse 10 View Details
तस्मिन्पञ्चत्वमापन्ने जीवः किमनुधावति । किं वेदयति वा जीवः किं शृणोति ब्रवीति वा ॥
When the five ingredients of the body which is a compound of the five elements, are separated, where does life go? What does it then know. What does it then hear? What does it then say?
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तस्मिन् | पञ्चत्वम् | आपन्ने | जीवः | किम् | अनुधावति
किं | वेदयति | वा | जीवः | किं | शृणोति | ब्रवीति | वा
Verse 11 View Details
एषा गौः परलोकस्थं तारयिष्यति मामिति । यो दत्त्वा म्रियते जन्तुः सा गौः कं तारयिष्यति ॥
The cow, it is said, will save me in the next world. The animal, however, which is given away, itself dies. Whom then will this cow save?
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एषा | गौः | पर + लोक + स्थ | तारयिष्यति | माम् | इति
यो | दत्त्वा | म्रियते | जन्तुः | सा | गौः | कं | तारयिष्यति
Verse 12 View Details
गौश्च प्रतिग्रहीता च दाता चैव समं यदा । इहैव विलयं यान्ति कुतस्तेषां समागमः ॥
The taker of the cow and the giver are both equally subject to death. Both of them meet with destruction in this world. How then will they meet again?
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गो + च | प्रतिग्रहीता | च | दाता | च + एव | समं | यदा
इह + एव | विलयं | यान्ति | कुतस् + तद् | समागमः
Verse 13 View Details
विहगैरुपयुक्तस्य शैलाग्रात्पतितस्य वा । अग्निना चोपयुक्तस्य कुतः संजीवनं पुनः ॥
How will the man that has been eaten up by birds, or that has been shattered to pieces by a fall from a mountain summit, or that has been consumed by fire, regain life?
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विहगैर् | उपयुक्तस्य | शैल + अग्र | पतितस्य | वा
अग्निना | च + उपयुज् | कुतः | संजीवनं | पुनः
Verse 14 View Details
छिन्नस्य यदि वृक्षस्य न मूलं प्रतिरोहति । बीजान्यस्य प्रवर्तन्ते मृतः क्व पुनरेष्यति ॥
The root of a tree that has been cut down docs not revive. Only the seeds put forth sprouts. Where is the person who having died regains life?
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छिन्नस्य | यदि | वृक्षस्य | न | मूलं | प्रतिरोहति
बीज + इदम् | प्रवर्तन्ते | मृतः | क्व | पुनर् | एष्यति
Verse 15 View Details
बीजमात्रं पुरा सृष्टं यदेतत्परिवर्तते । मृता मृताः प्रणश्यन्ति बीजाद्बीजं प्रवर्तते ॥
Only seeds were originally created. All this universe is the creation of seeds in succession. They that die, die for ever. Seeds come from seeds.
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बीज + मात्र | पुरा | सृष्टं | यद् | एतत् | परिवर्तते
मृता | मृताः | प्रणश्यन्ति | बीजाद् | बीजं | प्रवर्तते

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