आकाशः एव यस्य आयतनम् श्रोत्रम् लोकः मनः ज्योतिः यः वै तं पुरुषम् विद्यात् सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणम् सः वै वेदिता स्यात् याज्ञवल्क्य वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषम् सर्वस्यात्मनः परायणम् यम् आत्थ यः एव अयम् श्रौतः प्रातिश्रुत्कः पुरुषः सः एषः वदैव शाकल्य तस्य का देवता इति दिशः इति ह उवाच
ākāśaḥ eva yasya āyatanam śrotram lokaḥ manaḥ jyotiḥ yaḥ vai taṃ puruṣam vidyāt sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇam saḥ vai veditā syāt yājñavalkya veda vā ahaṃ taṃ puruṣam sarvasyātmanaḥ parāyaṇam yam āttha yaḥ eva ayam śrautaḥ prātiśrutkaḥ puruṣaḥ saḥ eṣaḥ vadaiva śākalya tasya kā devatā iti diśaḥ iti ha uvāca
"He who knows that person whose dwelling is space, whose world is hearing, whose light is the mind, the final resort of every self — he is truly a knower, Yājñavalkya!" — "I know that person of whom you speak: he is the person of hearing and its echo. Speak on, Śākalya: who is his deity?" And he named his deity.
6c58b6b632d9 · प्रकाशित 27 जुल॰ 2026, 1:06:37 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fourth target is the person of hearing, who lives by space and echo (prātiśrutka — the same "echo" as in the madhu-vidyā, 2.5.6). Śākalya again hits a covering — and Yājñavalkya again carries it through to the Master of the covering.
The shape of the round does not change: Śākalya presents a person by his dwelling — Yājñavalkya identifies him instantly and carries the question higher: "who is his deity?" Every partial person of the world has its own summit, and a knower differs from a memoriser in knowing not only the tenants but the ladder of their subordination — up to the very roof, where the One is.