उपनिषद् · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6,2.1
॥
देवनागरी
श्वेतकेतुर् वा आरुणेयः पन्चालानां परिषदम् आजगाम सः आजगाम जैवलिं प्रवाहणं परिचारयमाणम् तम् उदीक्ष्य अभ्युवाद कुमारा इति सः भो इति प्रतिशुश्राव अनुशिष्टो नु असि पित्रे इति ओम् इति ह उवाच
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
śvetaketur vā āruṇeyaḥ pancālānāṃ pariṣadam ājagāma saḥ ājagāma jaivaliṃ pravāhaṇaṃ paricārayamāṇam tam udīkṣya abhyuvāda kumārā iti saḥ bho iti pratiśuśrāva anuśiṣṭo nu asi pitre iti om iti ha uvāca
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
श्वेतकेतुर्śvetaketurŚvetaketu; the sage Śvetaketu
वाvātruly; surely
आरुणेयःāruṇeyaḥĀruṇeya (a descendant of Aruṇa); the son of Āruṇi; Āruṇeya
पन्चालानांpancālānāṃof the Pañcālas; of the Pañcāla people
परिषदम्pariṣadamthe assembly (pariṣad, acc.); the council; the assembly
आजगामājagāmawent; he arrived
सःsaḥhe; that one
आजगामājagāmawent; he arrived
जैवलिंjaivaliṃJaivali; of the line of Jīvala
प्रवाहणंpravāhaṇaṃPravāhaṇa; king Pravāhaṇa
परिचारयमाणम्paricārayamāṇambeing waited upon (causative participle of pari + √car); receiving attendance; surrounded by attendants
तम्tamit; that one
उदीक्ष्यudīkṣyahaving seen; having gazed
अभ्युवादabhyuvādaaddressed; he said
कुमाराkumārāyoung man (kumāra, voc.); boy; a youth
इतिitithus; how
सःsaḥhe; that one
भोbhoO master; yes
इतिitithus; how
प्रतिशुश्रावpratiśuśrāvahe answered (prati + √śru, perf.); he answered; he answered
अनुशिष्टोanuśiṣṭoinstructed (anu-śiṣṭa); taught; instructed
नुnusurely; is it that
असिasiare you; you are
पित्रेpitreby his father; with their father
इतिitithus; how
ओम्omoṁ; yes
इतिitithus; how
हhasurely; as is known
उवाचuvācahe said; he uttered
अनुवाद
Śvetaketu Āruṇeya came to the assembly of the Pañcālas. He came up to Pravāhaṇa Jaivali, who was surrounded by his attendants. Seeing him, the king called out: "Young man!" — "Yes, sir!" — "Have you been taught by your father?" — "Oṁ [yes]," he answered.
संस्करण
3cd6a9854984 · प्रकाशित 27 जुल॰ 2026, 1:24:18 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The final book tells its own recension of the great story (ChU 5.3): Śvetaketu in the assembly of the Pañcālas before King Pravāhaṇa. The touches here are its own: the king is "surrounded by his attendants" (paricārayamāṇam) — the scene is emphatically a court one; and to the question about his education the young man answers with a curt "Oṁ" — the self-assured "yes" of a man who considers his schooling finished.
We know the worth of that "Oṁ": the king's five questions are about to show that what has been learned and knowledge are not the same. The repetition of the story in two Upaniṣads is a sign of its weight: the account of how the knowledge of the after-death paths came from the kṣatriyas to the brāhmaṇas was held obligatory by both schools.