Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,9.28:3
॥
Devanāgarī
मांसानि अस्य शकराणि किनाटम् स्नाव तत् स्थिरम् अस्थीनि अन्तरतः दारुणि मज्जा मज्जोपमा कृता
Transliteración (IAST)
māṃsāni asya śakarāṇi kināṭam snāva tat sthiram asthīni antarataḥ dāruṇi majjā majjopamā kṛtā
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
मांसानिmāṃsānithe flesh (māṁsa, pl.); meat; flesh
अस्यasyait; of this
शकराणिśakarāṇithe chips (śakara, pl.); the splinters; the chips
किनाटम्kināṭamthe inner bark (kināṭa); the inner bark; the bast
स्नावsnāvathe sinews (snāvan); the tendons; the veins
तत्tatthat; this
स्थिरम्sthiramthe hard part; steady
अस्थीनिasthīnithe bones (asthi, pl.); the bones; the bones
अन्तरतःantarataḥwithin; from within
दारुणिdāruṇithe woody parts; the timber
मज्जाmajjāthe marrow of the bones (majjan); the marrow of the bones; marrow
मज्जोपमाmajjopamālike marrow; comparable to the pith
कृताkṛtāis made; is formed
Traducción
His flesh is the chips, the sinews the inner bark — that is firm; the bones are the heartwood, and the marrow is like the pith.
Versión
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The third correspondence carries the anatomy to its end: flesh is the chips, sinews the bast (the fibre under the bark — "that is firm"), bones the hard wood, marrow the pith. The layers of the tree and the layers of the body have matched, every one.
The likeness is exhausted — and all the more terribly will the difference now sound. Everything in a man has found its counterpart in the tree; the question will be about that which has none.