奥义书 · Chāndogya 8,1.2
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तम् चेद् ब्रूयुः यत् इदम् अस्मिन् ब्रह्मपुरे दहरं पुण्डरीकं वेश्म दहरः अस्मिन् अन्तराकाशः किम् तत् अत्र विद्यते यत् अन्वेष्टव्यम् यत् वाव विजिज्ञासितव्यम् इति सः ब्रूयात्
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tam ced brūyuḥ yat idam asmin brahmapure daharaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ veśma daharaḥ asmin antarākāśaḥ kim tat atra vidyate yat anveṣṭavyam yat vāva vijijñāsitavyam iti saḥ brūyāt
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तम्tamit; that one
चेद्cedif; but if
ब्रूयुःbrūyuḥthey will ask (optative of √brū); would they call; they will object
यत्yatwhich; that which
इदम्idamthis; thus
अस्मिन्asminupon It; in this
ब्रह्मपुरेbrahmapurein the city of Brahman; in the sacred city of the body
दहरंdaharaṃa little; the subtle
पुण्डरीकंpuṇḍarīkaṃthe lotus; of the lotus
वेश्मveśmaa dwelling; the home
दहरःdaharaḥthe small; the small
अस्मिन्asminupon It; in this
अन्तराकाशःantarākāśaḥthe space within; the space within
किम्kimwhat; why
तत्tatthat; this
अत्रatrahere; within
विद्यतेvidyateis found (from √vid — 'there is'); is to be found; exists
यत्yatwhich; that which
अन्वेष्टव्यम्anveṣṭavyamit should be sought; must be investigated
यत्yatwhich; that which
वावvāvatruly; indeed
विजिज्ञासितव्यम्vijijñāsitavyamit should be known; must be investigated
इतिitithus; how
सःsaḥhe; that one
ब्रूयात्brūyātlet him answer (optative of √brū); let him say; let him tell
译文
If they should ask him: "In this city of Brahman there is a small chamber, a lotus, and within it a small inner space — what is there in it that should be sought, that should be striven to be known?" — let him answer:
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3fa5e7ff915b · 发布于 2026年7月26日 23:48:34 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
The Upaniṣad frames the lesson as a disputation: the knower is handed an objection in advance. The question sounds almost mocking: what can fit into such a smallness? Is a space the size of a pea in the heart worth a great search?
This objection is perennial: a reason accustomed to measuring greatness by volume does not believe the infinite can live in the small. The same temptation lay behind the dispute over the nyagrodha seed (6.12) — "nothing inside". The answer about to be given is one of the boldest in all the Veda: a small heart contains the whole sky. The Upaniṣad regards the ability to answer this objection as the knower's duty: the truth of the inner King must be able to defend itself.