奥义书 · Chāndogya 4,16.3
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अन्यतराम् एव वर्तनीम् संस्करोति हीयते अन्यतरा सः यथा एकपात् व्रजन् रथः वा एकेन चक्रेण वर्तमानः रिष्यति एवम् अस्य यज्ञः रिष्यति यज्ञम् रिष्यन्तम् यजमानः अनु रिष्यति सः इष्ट्वा पापीयान् भवति
转写 (IAST)
anyatarām eva vartanīm saṃskaroti hīyate anyatarā saḥ yathā ekapāt vrajan rathaḥ vā ekena cakreṇa vartamānaḥ riṣyati evam asya yajñaḥ riṣyati yajñam riṣyantam yajamānaḥ anu riṣyati saḥ iṣṭvā pāpīyān bhavati
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अन्यतराम्anyatarāmone of the two; one side
एवevaindeed; surely
वर्तनीम्vartanīmthe track; going
संस्करोतिsaṃskarotihe sets right; he performs
हीयतेhīyateit is lost (from √hā — 'to be abandoned, forfeited'); it is lost; it is lost
अन्यतराanyatarāthe other; one of the two
सःsaḥhe; that one
यथाyathāhow; like
एकपात्ekapātone-footed (eka-pād); on one leg; lame upon a single foot
व्रजन्vrajangoing; moving
रथःrathaḥthe chariot; the cart
वाvāverily; surely
एकेनekenaby one; by the single one
चक्रेणcakreṇawith a wheel (cakra); upon one wheel; having a wheel
वर्तमानःvartamānaḥmoving; revolving
रिष्यतिriṣyatiit breaks down (from √riṣ — 'to suffer harm, to perish'); it comes to grief; it is damaged
एवम्evamthus; in this way
अस्यasyaof this; it
यज्ञःyajñaḥsacrifice; sacrifice
रिष्यतिriṣyatiit breaks down (from √riṣ — 'to suffer harm, to perish'); it comes to grief; it is damaged
यज्ञम्yajñamsacrifice; the sacrifice
रिष्यन्तम्riṣyantamcoming to harm; suffering damage
यजमानःyajamānaḥthe sacrificer (yajamāna — 'he who has the sacrifice performed for himself'); the patron of the sacrifice; the yajamāna
अनुanuwhether; thereafter
रिष्यतिriṣyatiit breaks down (from √riṣ — 'to suffer harm, to perish'); it comes to grief; it is damaged
सःsaḥhe; that one
इष्ट्वाiṣṭvāhaving performed the sacrifice; having offered sacrifice
पापीयान्pāpīyānthe worse (comparative of pāpa — 'more evil'); he becomes worse; lower than before
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
译文
then he sets right only the one track, and the other perishes. As a one-legged man walking, or a chariot running on one wheel, comes to grief, so his sacrifice comes to grief; and after the broken sacrifice the sacrificer is broken too. Having performed such a sacrifice, he becomes worse.
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be3855a7a3b2 · 发布于 2026年7月26日 23:22:39 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
The image is mercilessly vivid: a one-legged traveller, a chariot on one wheel. A sacrifice in which only speech is at work while the mind wanders is not merely "less effective" — it is a cripple and it falls, dragging the sacrificer down with it: yajñaṁ riṣyantaṁ yajamāno 'nu riṣyati. The rite and the man share one fate; you cannot break the offering and remain whole.
Most fearful is the last line: "having performed such a sacrifice, he becomes worse" (pāpīyān). A careless sacred act is not neutral — it does harm. Words without mind, a rite without heart are not merely "not counted": they destroy: a mechanical prayer trains the soul to stand before the Supreme while absent. That is why the tradition insists so on attention to the holy name: a sound uttered while the mind stands in the other track is that very one-wheeled chariot.