Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 5,9.1
॥
Devanāgarī
अयम् अग्निः वैश्वानरः यः अयम् अन्तः पुरुषे येन इदम् अन्नं पच्यते यत् इदम् अद्यते तस्य एषः घोषः भवति यम् एतत् कर्णौ अपिधाय शृणोति सः यदोत्क्रमिष्यन् भवति न एनम् घोषं शृणोति
Transliteración (IAST)
ayam agniḥ vaiśvānaraḥ yaḥ ayam antaḥ puruṣe yena idam annaṃ pacyate yat idam adyate tasya eṣaḥ ghoṣaḥ bhavati yam etat karṇau apidhāya śṛṇoti saḥ yadotkramiṣyan bhavati na enam ghoṣaṃ śṛṇoti
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अयम्ayamthis; he
अग्निःagniḥfire; Agni
वैश्वानरःvaiśvānaraḥVaiśvānara (vaiśvānara); the All-Human fire; Vaiśvānara
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अयम्ayamthis; he
अन्तःantaḥwithin; inner
पुरुषेpuruṣein a man; in the puruṣa
येनyenaby which; by means of which
इदम्idamthis; this world
अन्नंannaṃfood; food
पच्यतेpacyateit is digested (from √pac, pass.); it is cooked; it is digested
यत्yatthat which; that which
इदम्idamthis; this world
अद्यतेadyateis consumed; is eaten
तस्यtasyait; his
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
घोषःghoṣaḥa rumbling (ghoṣa); the humming; the rumbling
भवतिbhavatibecomes; he presents himself
यम्yamyam; the syllable yam
एतत्etatthis; the present
कर्णौkarṇauthe ears (karṇa, dual); both ears; the ears
अपिधायapidhāyahaving stopped them (api + √dhā); having closed; having stopped up
शृणोतिśṛṇotihe hears (from √śru); listens; hears
सःsaḥhe; that one
यदोत्क्रमिष्यन्yadotkramiṣyanwhen he is about to depart; when he is about to die
भवतिbhavatibecomes; he presents himself
नnanot; no
एनम्enamit; of this
घोषंghoṣaṃthe rumbling; sound
शृणोतिśṛṇotihe hears (from √śru); listens; hears
Traducción
This is the fire Vaiśvānara, the one within a man: by it the food that is eaten is digested. Its roar is heard by one who stops his ears. When a man is about to depart [from the body], he no longer hears that roar.
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The vidyā of the inner fire: Vaiśvānara, the all-human fire (the hero of the fifth book of the Chāndogya and of BG 15.14 — "becoming Vaiśvānara, I digest the food"), hums in everyone: stop your ears and you will hear a steady roar — that is your hearth of digestion burning, a sacrificial fire that does not go out from birth to death.
The simplest experiment — palms over the ears — is made a sacrament: anyone may hear his own Vaiśvānara. And here is the book's second sign of approaching death (after the pure solar orb, 5.5.2): before the departure the roar falls silent — the hearth is put out before the master leaves. The body is read through to the end as a temple with a perpetual fire: and that fire is audible.