Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6,1.6
॥
Devanāgarī
यः ह वै प्रजातिं वेद प्रजायते ह प्रजया पशुभिः रेतो वै प्रजातिः प्रजायते ह प्रजया पशुभिः यः एवम् वेद
Transliteración (IAST)
yaḥ ha vai prajātiṃ veda prajāyate ha prajayā paśubhiḥ reto vai prajātiḥ prajāyate ha prajayā paśubhiḥ yaḥ evam veda
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
यःyaḥwho; the one who
हhasurely; as is known
वैvaitruly; indeed
प्रजातिंprajātiṃprocreation (prajāti); the power of begetting; begetting
वेदvedaknows; realises
प्रजायतेprajāyatehe is propagated (pra + √jan); he multiplies; it is begotten
हhasurely; as is known
प्रजयाprajayāwith offspring; with children
पशुभिःpaśubhiḥwith cattle (paśu, instr. pl.); with herds; with cattle
रेतोretothe seed (retas); seed; seed
वैvaitruly; indeed
प्रजातिःprajātiḥthe generative power; the begetting of offspring
प्रजायतेprajāyatehe is propagated (pra + √jan); he multiplies; it is begotten
हhasurely; as is known
प्रजयाprajayāwith offspring; with children
पशुभिःpaśubhiḥwith cattle (paśu, instr. pl.); with herds; with cattle
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवम्evamthus; in this way
वेदvedaknows; realises
Traducción
He who knows procreation is procreated with offspring and cattle. Seed is procreation. He who knows this is procreated with offspring and cattle.
Versión
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The sixth participant is new to this recension: retas, seed, with the title prajāti, procreation: the power of continuation by which a family lives and a household increases. The Chāndogya had five powers disputing — the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, the book of the householder's khila, brings in a sixth: here the continuation of the line is a vital power in its own right.
The list is closed: breath, speech, eye, ear, mind, seed — six with their titles. And, as always after a distribution of honours, comes a dispute about primacy: where there are six truths, the seventh will be a quarrel.