उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 6,14.1
॥
देवनागरी
यथा सोम्य पुरुषम् गन्धारेभ्यः अभिनद्धाक्षम् आनीय तम् ततः अतिजने विसृजेत् सः यथा तत्र प्राङ् वा उदङ् वा अधराङ् वा प्रत्यङ् वा प्रध्मायीत अभिनद्धाक्षः आनीतः अभिनद्धाक्षः विसृष्टः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yathā somya puruṣam gandhārebhyaḥ abhinaddhākṣam ānīya tam tataḥ atijane visṛjet saḥ yathā tatra prāṅ vā udaṅ vā adharāṅ vā pratyaṅ vā pradhmāyīta abhinaddhākṣaḥ ānītaḥ abhinaddhākṣaḥ visṛṣṭaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
यथाyathāhow; like
सोम्यsomyadear one; noble one
पुरुषम्puruṣamthe man; the Puruṣa
गन्धारेभ्यःgandhārebhyaḥfrom Gandhāra (gandhāra — a country in the north-west); from the land of Gandhāra; from the Gandhāras
अभिनद्धाक्षम्abhinaddhākṣamwith his eyes bandaged (abhinaddha-akṣa); blindfolded; his eyes bound up
आनीयānīyahaving brought him (ā + √nī); having led him away; having delivered
तम्tamit; that one
ततःtataḥthan this; from that
अतिजनेatijaneinto a desolate place (ati-jana — 'beyond men', the wilds); in the wilderness; in an uninhabited spot
विसृजेत्visṛjethe were to abandon him (vi + √sṛj — 'to let go'); he would leave him; he would forsake him
सःsaḥhe; that one
यथाyathāhow; like
तत्रtatrathere; in this
प्राङ्prāṅeastward; forth
वाvāverily; surely
उदङ्udaṅnorthward; to the north
वाvāverily; surely
अधराङ्adharāṅsouthward; downward
वाvāverily; surely
प्रत्यङ्pratyaṅwestward; backward
वाvāverily; surely
प्रध्मायीतpradhmāyītahe would cry out (pra + √dhmā — 'to blare, to wail'); he would call out; he would shout
अभिनद्धाक्षःabhinaddhākṣaḥwith his eyes bound; with his sight covered
आनीतःānītaḥbrought there; conveyed
अभिनद्धाक्षःabhinaddhākṣaḥwith his eyes bound; with his sight covered
विसृष्टःvisṛṣṭaḥabandoned (vi-sṛṣṭa); forsaken; left behind
अनुवाद
"Suppose, my dear, that a man were led away from Gandhāra with his eyes bound and abandoned in a desolate place. He would cry out to the east, to the north, to the south and to the west: 'I was led here with my eyes bound! I was abandoned with my eyes bound!'
संस्करण
b1af258cfba9 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 11:42:00 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The seventh parable is a whole tale in two verses: a man is carried off from Gandhāra (his native country in the north-west), his eyes are bound, he is taken into the wilds and abandoned. He cries out to all four quarters — and in that cry the Upaniṣad recognises the voice of every soul in saṁsāra: carried off from its homeland, abandoned in a wilderness with the eyes of the passions bound, and all its thrashing about is a cry to four quarters that does not know the way home.
Every stroke is exact: the soul has a homeland (it is not "from nowhere" in this forest); its eyes were bound by someone (ignorance is not natural but imposed); and its cry is sincere but useless — without unbound eyes and a direction pointed out, the quarters are all alike. Philosophies, religions, wanderings from teacher to teacher are often only a cry in different directions; what is needed is not a cry but One who unbinds. He will appear in the next verse — and the parable will name him with an exact word.