उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 6,6.4
॥
देवनागरी
तेजसः सोम्य अश्यमानस्य यः अणिमा सः ऊर्ध्वः समुदीषति सा वाक् भवति
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tejasaḥ somya aśyamānasya yaḥ aṇimā saḥ ūrdhvaḥ samudīṣati sā vāk bhavati
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तेजसःtejasaḥof the heat (tejas, genitive); in the fiery element; of the fiery part
सोम्यsomyadear one; noble one
अश्यमानस्यaśyamānasyaof what is eaten; of what is being eaten
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अणिमाaṇimāthe subtle essence; subtlety
सःsaḥhe; that one
ऊर्ध्वःūrdhvaḥupward; the upper
समुदीषतिsamudīṣatiascends; it rises to the top
साsāshe; that one
वाक्vākspeech; the word
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
अनुवाद
Of the heat that is taken in, my dear, the subtlest part rises upward and becomes speech.
संस्करण
b85765b3d547 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 11:37:31 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The third application: the subtlest part of heat rises as speech. Butter, spices, everything fiery in a meal is the raw material of the word; speech is the top cream of the bodily fire. Hence the voice weakens in the emaciated and the word comes easily to the warmed.
The threefold law has been established three times over — once for each thread. The theory is faultless, but the father knows the worth of theories in a young head: he will now propose that his son verify it in the one irrefutable way — upon his own mind. The famous experiment with fasting begins.