उपनिषद् · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 1,5.7
॥
देवनागरी
पिता माता प्रजा एते एव मनः एव पिता वाक् माता प्राणः प्रजा
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
pitā mātā prajā ete eva manaḥ eva pitā vāk mātā prāṇaḥ prajā
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
पिताpitāthe father (pitṛ); the father; the father
माताmātāthe mother (mātṛ); the mother; the mother
प्रजाprajāthe child (prajā — 'offspring'); offspring; the child
एतेetethese; the following
एवevaindeed; only
मनःmanaḥthe mind; thinking
एवevaindeed; only
पिताpitāthe father (pitṛ); the father; the father
वाक्vākspeech; the voice
माताmātāthe mother (mātṛ); the mother; the mother
प्राणःprāṇaḥthe prāṇa; the vital breath
प्रजाprajāthe child (prajā — 'offspring'); offspring; the child
अनुवाद
They are also father, mother and child: the mind is the father, speech the mother, the breath the child.
संस्करण
a37f2ee90233 · प्रकाशित 27 जुल॰ 2026, 12:48:21 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fourth measure is the family: the mind is the father, speech the mother, the breath the child. Within every person a complete family lives: thought begets, the word carries and bears, and what is born alive is the breath of the deed.
This series is also a science of the word: all speech is with child by the mind; as the father-thought is, so is the mother-word, and so is the child-breath that goes out into the world. A thoughtless word is fatherless; a word from a pure mind is a lawful child, and its life is long.