奥义书 · Chāndogya 5,10.6
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अभ्रम् भूत्वा मेघः भवति मेघः भूत्वा प्रवर्षति ते इह व्रीहियवाः ओषधिवनस्पतयः तिलमाषाः इति जायन्ते अतः वै खलु दुर्निष्प्रपतरम् यः यः हि अन्नम् अत्ति यः रेतः सिञ्चति तत् भूयः एव भवति
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abhram bhūtvā meghaḥ bhavati meghaḥ bhūtvā pravarṣati te iha vrīhiyavāḥ oṣadhivanaspatayaḥ tilamāṣāḥ iti jāyante ataḥ vai khalu durniṣprapataram yaḥ yaḥ hi annam atti yaḥ retaḥ siñcati tat bhūyaḥ eva bhavati
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अभ्रम्abhramthe cloud; the rain-cloud
भूत्वाbhūtvāhaving become; having turned into
मेघःmeghaḥthe rain-cloud (megha); the rain cloud; the cloud
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
मेघःmeghaḥthe rain-cloud (megha); the rain cloud; the cloud
भूत्वाbhūtvāhaving become; having turned into
प्रवर्षतिpravarṣatiit rains down (pra + √vṛṣ); it pours down; it rains
तेteto you; for you
इहihahere; in this world
व्रीहियवाःvrīhiyavāḥrice and barley (vrīhi-yava); as rice and barley; rice and barley
ओषधिवनस्पतयःoṣadhivanaspatayaḥherbs and trees (oṣadhi-vanaspati); as herbs and trees; plants
तिलमाषाःtilamāṣāḥsesame and beans (tila-māṣa); as sesame and beans; sesame and pulse
इतिitithus; how
जायन्तेjāyanteare born; appear
अतःataḥfrom here; from this
वैvaiverily; indeed
खलुkhalutruly; indeed
दुर्निष्प्रपतरम्durniṣprapataramhardest to get out of (dur-niṣprapatara — 'the most difficult egress'); the most difficult exit; the hardest deliverance
यःyaḥwho; the one who
यःyaḥwho; the one who
हिhiindeed; truly
अन्नम्annamfood; food
अत्तिattieats (from √ad); he eats it; enjoys
यःyaḥwho; the one who
रेतःretaḥseed; the seminal power
सिञ्चतिsiñcatihe pours it forth (from √sic); he sheds it; to pour out
तत्tatthat; this
भूयःbhūyaḥgreater; the highest
एवevaindeed; surely
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
译文
having become mist, they become a cloud; having become a cloud, they pour down as rain. Here they are born as rice and barley, as herbs and trees, as sesame and beans. To get out from here is hardest of all: only when someone eats them as food and pours them forth as seed do they go further on their way.
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76361f41b9ba · 发布于 2026年7月26日 23:29:09 UTC
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The bottom of the returning arc: down as rain into the earth, to be born "as rice and barley, as herbs and trees". A soul that lodged on the moon stands as an ear of grain in a field. And here the Upaniṣad sets down the most terrible phrase of the section: ato vai khalu durniṣprapataram — "to get out from here is hardest of all". A plant does not choose: it may be mown, burned, eaten by cattle — and only if the grain is eaten by a man capable of begetting will the moisture of the former soul move on toward a new conception. Not torment, but dumbness and chance — that is the horror of the circle's lowest point.
It is for the sake of this horror that the whole vidyā is told: so that the hearer, while he is still one who speaks and chooses, may recoil from a road on which there will be no choosing. The mercy of this fear is that it turns one to the path of light, where the soul is led from hand to hand and not sent back. To return as a human being is rare good fortune; to spend that fortune amassing lunar merits is to stake it over and over again.