奥义书 · Chāndogya 6,11.2
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अस्य यत् एकाम् शाखाम् जीवः जहाति अथ सा शुष्यति द्वितीयाम् जहाति अथ सा शुष्यति तृतीयाम् जहाति अथ सा शुष्यति सर्वम् जहाति सर्वः शुष्यति
转写 (IAST)
asya yat ekām śākhām jīvaḥ jahāti atha sā śuṣyati dvitīyām jahāti atha sā śuṣyati tṛtīyām jahāti atha sā śuṣyati sarvam jahāti sarvaḥ śuṣyati
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अस्यasyaof this; it
यत्yatwhich; that which
एकाम्ekāmone; the single one
शाखाम्śākhāma branch (śākhā); the bough; the branch
जीवःjīvaḥthe life (jīva — the living soul); the jīva; the living soul
जहातिjahātiit leaves (from √hā — 'to abandon'); it forsakes; it quits
अथathathereupon; then
साsāshe; that one
शुष्यतिśuṣyatiit dries up (from √śuṣ); it withers; shrivels
द्वितीयाम्dvitīyāmthe second; the next
जहातिjahātiit leaves (from √hā — 'to abandon'); it forsakes; it quits
अथathathereupon; then
साsāshe; that one
शुष्यतिśuṣyatiit dries up (from √śuṣ); it withers; shrivels
तृतीयाम्tṛtīyāmthe third; the third in order
जहातिjahātiit leaves (from √hā — 'to abandon'); it forsakes; it quits
अथathathereupon; then
साsāshe; that one
शुष्यतिśuṣyatiit dries up (from √śuṣ); it withers; shrivels
सर्वम्sarvamall; entirely
जहातिjahātiit leaves (from √hā — 'to abandon'); it forsakes; it quits
सर्वःsarvaḥthe whole; entirely
शुष्यतिśuṣyatiit dries up (from √śuṣ); it withers; shrivels
译文
If life leaves one of its branches, that branch withers; if it leaves a second, that withers; if it leaves a third, that withers; if it leaves the whole, the whole withers.
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f72028c4094d · 发布于 2026年7月26日 23:40:33 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
The experiment from the other side: life leaves a branch and the branch withers; it leaves the whole tree and the whole withers. The greenness, the suppleness, the sap — everything we call "a tree" turns out to be the presence of the jīva; the timber by itself is a corpse, and the corpse begins exactly where the soul has ended.
Branch by branch — the father deliberately lingers, so that his son may see the law in detail: death does not come "in general"; it comes branch by branch, month by month, joint by joint — everywhere life answers, and only there. Out of this botany the chapter's most direct conclusion will now be drawn: who exactly dies, and who does not.