奥义书 · Chāndogya 5,3.2
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天城文
वेत्थ यत् इतः अधि प्रजाः प्रयन्ति इति न भगवः इति वेत्थ यथा पुनः आवर्तन्ते इति न भगवः इति वेत्थ पथोः देवयानस्य पितृयाणस्य च व्यावर्तना इति न भगवः इति
转写 (IAST)
vettha yat itaḥ adhi prajāḥ prayanti iti na bhagavaḥ iti vettha yathā punaḥ āvartante iti na bhagavaḥ iti vettha pathoḥ devayānasya pitṛyāṇasya ca vyāvartanā iti na bhagavaḥ iti
逐字释义
梵语IAST释义
वेत्थvetthado you know (2nd person of √vid); are you aware; is it known to you
यत्yatwhich; that which
इतःitaḥfrom here; from this world
अधिadhiafter; because of
प्रजाःprajāḥthe creatures (prajā — 'the born'); the creatures; the creatures
प्रयन्तिprayantithey go forth (pra + √i — 'to depart'); they set out; go forth
इतिitithus; how
नnanot; no
भगवःbhagavaḥvenerable one; sir
इतिitithus; how
वेत्थvetthado you know (2nd person of √vid); are you aware; is it known to you
यथाyathāhow; like
पुनःpunaḥagain; back
आवर्तन्तेāvartantethey return (ā + √vṛt); they come back; they come back
इतिitithus; how
नnanot; no
भगवःbhagavaḥvenerable one; sir
इतिitithus; how
वेत्थvetthado you know (2nd person of √vid); are you aware; is it known to you
पथोःpathoḥof the two paths; of the two roads
देवयानस्यdevayānasyaof the path of the gods (deva-yāna — 'the road of the gods'); of the devayāna; of the divine road
पितृयाणस्यpitṛyāṇasyaof the path of the fathers (pitṛ-yāṇa — 'the road of the fathers'); of the pitṛyāṇa; of the fathers' road
चcaand; as well as
व्यावर्तनाvyāvartanāthe parting (vi-ā-vartanā — 'the fork'); the branching; the place where the roads divide
इतिitithus; how
नnanot; no
भगवःbhagavaḥvenerable one; sir
इतिitithus; how
译文
"Do you know where creatures go from here?" — "No, sir." — "Do you know how they come back again?" — "No, sir." — "Do you know where the two paths part — the path of the gods and the path of the fathers?" — "No, sir."
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b42a77122be6 · 发布于 2026年7月26日 23:27:54 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
The king asks not about the niceties of ritual but about the soul's destiny: where do the dead go? how do they come back? where is the fork between the path of the gods (devayāna) and the path of the fathers (pitṛyāṇa)? These are the questions at which school learning ends and the knowledge of life and death begins. Three times an honest "no, sir" is heard — and in that honesty lies the youth's one hope: he who has admitted his ignorance is already able to learn.
The questions themselves sketch the map that the section will then fill in: there is a departure, there is a return, and there is a fork — the fate after death is not one and the same for all. The Gītā will keep this double road word for word: "Light and smoke, day and night, the bright fortnight and the dark — by these two paths the departed go: by one not to return, by the other to return again" (BG 8.26).