उपनिषद् · Aitareya 1,3.7
॥
देवनागरी
तत् त्वचा अजिघृक्षत् तत् न अशक्नोत् त्वचा ग्रहीतुम् सः यत् ह एनत् त्वचा अग्रहैष्यत् स्पृष्ट्वा हैव अन्नम् अत्रप्स्यत्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tat tvacā ajighṛkṣat tat na aśaknot tvacā grahītum saḥ yat ha enat tvacā agrahaiṣyat spṛṣṭvā haiva annam atrapsyat
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तत्tatthat; it
त्वचाtvacāwith the skin; with touch
अजिघृक्षत्ajighṛkṣathe tried to seize; he wished to take
तत्tatthat; it
नnanot; no
अशक्नोत्aśaknothe was able; he had the power
त्वचाtvacāwith the skin; with touch
ग्रहीतुम्grahītumto seize; to take
सःsaḥhe; that one
यत्yatwhen; that
हhaindeed; surely
एनत्enatthis; it
त्वचाtvacāwith the skin; with touch
अग्रहैष्यत्agrahaiṣyatwould have seized; would have taken
स्पृष्ट्वाspṛṣṭvāhaving touched (from √spṛś); having handled; having laid a hand on it
हैवhaivaprecisely then; verily
अन्नम्annamfood; nourishment
अत्रप्स्यत्atrapsyathe would have been satisfied; he would have mastered the food
अनुवाद
He wished to seize it with the skin — and could not seize it with the skin. If he had seized it with the skin, one would be satisfied with food merely by touching [it].
संस्करण
b37f57711110 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 7:36:16 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fifth attempt — tvacā: with the skin, with touch. If touch could seize — spṛṣṭvā haiva annam atrapsyat — "one would be full by handling it".
Touch is the most intimate of the outer senses: no longer from a distance (like eye and ear) but at close quarters, skin against crust. And still — a miss: to hold bread in the hand is not to be fed; possession by contact is not yet assimilation. How many who have are hungry with their hands full: contact, however close, does not transmute a thing into life.
The series of misses draws an ever finer line: food must not adhere to the body but enter it and become it. The outer senses are exhausted — all five have certified their inability to seize. Now come the inner ones.