奥义书 · Mahā 5.152
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अथेत्थंभूततन्मात्रवेष्टितं तनुतां जहत् वपुर्वह्निकणाकारं स्फुरितं व्योम्नि पश्यति
转写 (IAST)
athetthaṃbhūtatanmātraveṣṭitaṃ tanutāṃ jahat vapurvahnikaṇākāraṃ sphuritaṃ vyomni paśyati
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अथ इत्थम्-भूत-तन्मात्रatha ittham-bhūta-tanmātrathen, by such subtle elements; afterwards, by the said first-elements
वेष्टितम् तनुताम् जहत्veṣṭitam tanutām jahatenwrapped, leaving subtlety behind; enwound, forsaking its fineness
वपुः वह्नि-कण-आकारम्vapuḥ vahni-kaṇa-ākārama body shaped like a spark of fire; a frame in the likeness of a fiery spark
स्फुरितम् व्योम्नि पश्यतिsphuritam vyomni paśyatiflickering, it beholds in the expanse; shimmering, it perceives in the heavens
译文
“Then, enwrapped in such subtle elements and leaving its subtlety, it beholds in the expanse a flickering body shaped like a spark of fire.”
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54eea505c31c · 发布于 2026年7月29日 06:29:20 UTC
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The first appearance of a body, and its look is a spark.
Vahni-kaṇa-ākāra — “shaped like a grain of fire”. Not flesh, not a cloud: a spark.
Note the verb paśyati — “it beholds”. It does not become the body; it sees the body in the expanse, as one sees something before one.
A fine detail: even at this step there is still a gap between consciousness and its body.
Tanutāṃ jahat — “leaving subtlety”. The word tanu means both “subtle” and “body”. The play is that, losing subtlety, it acquires a body.
The whole unfolding, then, is a loss of subtlety.
Recall 5.29: the third stage of knowledge is tanu-mānasī, “the thinning of the mind”. The way back is to grow subtle.