Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4,5.10
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यथा वीणायै वाद्यमानायै न बाह्याञ् शब्दाञ् शक्नुयात् ग्रहणाय वीणायै तु ग्रहणेन वीणावादस्य वा शब्दः गृहीतः
Transliteración (IAST)
saḥ yathā vīṇāyai vādyamānāyai na bāhyāñ śabdāñ śaknuyāt grahaṇāya vīṇāyai tu grahaṇena vīṇāvādasya vā śabdaḥ gṛhītaḥ
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सःsaḥhe; that one
यथाyathāhow; as far as
वीणायैvīṇāyaiof a vīṇā (vīṇā, gen.); of the lute; of the vīṇā
वाद्यमानायैvādyamānāyaiwhen it is played (passive participle); being sounded; when it is played
नnanot; no
बाह्याञ्bāhyāñthe outward; the external
शब्दाञ्śabdāñsounds; of speech
शक्नुयात्śaknuyāthe would be able; he would be capable
ग्रहणायgrahaṇāyafor the grasping; for the perceiving
वीणायैvīṇāyaiof a vīṇā (vīṇā, gen.); of the lute; of the vīṇā
तुtusurely; but
ग्रहणेनgrahaṇenaby grasping; by taking hold
वीणावादस्यvīṇāvādasyaof the playing of the vīṇā; of the sounding of the vīṇā
वाvātruly; surely
शब्दःśabdaḥsound; the sounding
गृहीतःgṛhītaḥis grasped; is caught
Traducción
as, when a vīṇā is played, one cannot catch the outward sounds one by one, but by catching the vīṇā, or the player, the sound too is caught; —
Versión
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The third parable is the vīṇā: the melody does not exist apart from the strings and the fingers; all of it is in the Player. The ladder of three sounds — thunder, call, song — is climbed once more to the Musician.
The world as music, God as the Musician, knowing as the catching not of the notes but of the Hand — this is Maitreyī's inheritance; bhakti will add only the Player's name and his flute.