उपनिषद् · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 1,5.4
॥
देवनागरी
त्रयः लोकाः एते एव वाक् एव अयं लोकः मनः अन्तरिक्षलोकः प्राणः असौ लोकः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
trayaḥ lokāḥ ete eva vāk eva ayaṃ lokaḥ manaḥ antarikṣalokaḥ prāṇaḥ asau lokaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
त्रयःtrayaḥthe three (traya); a trio of; three
लोकाःlokāḥthe worlds (loka, pl.); worlds; world
एतेetethese; the following
एवevaindeed; only
वाक्vākspeech; the voice
एवevaindeed; only
अयंayaṃthis; this man
लोकःlokaḥthe world; dwelling
मनःmanaḥthe mind; thinking
अन्तरिक्षलोकःantarikṣalokaḥthe world of the mid-region (antarikṣa-loka); the middle world; the sky-space
प्राणःprāṇaḥthe prāṇa; the vital breath
असौasauthat one; he
लोकःlokaḥthe world; dwelling
अनुवाद
They are also the three worlds: speech is this world, the mind the world of the mid-region, the breath that world.
संस्करण
17fc634df809 · प्रकाशित 27 जुल॰ 2026, 12:45:47 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A series of correspondences begins: the trinity "speech–mind–breath" is applied as a measure to all the triads of the universe. The first is the three worlds: speech is the earth (what is uttered, dense, here at hand), the mind the middle space (unseen but active), the breath heaven (subtlest, life-giving).
The point of these series is not a game of wits: man is established as a microcosm, an exact universe in little. He who has understood his own composition holds a key to every storey of the world; the inward journey is not an escape from the universe but a passage through it, folded up within oneself.