Section 3.3
Original Sanskrit
3.3.1 अथ हैनं भुज्युर्लाह्यायनिः पप्रच्छ याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच मद्रेषु चरकाः पर्यव्रजाम ।ते पतञ्चलस्य काप्यस्य गृहानैम ।तस्यासीद्दुहिता गन्धर्वगृहीता ।तमपृच्छाम कोऽसीति ।सोऽब्रवीत्सुधन्वाङ्गिरस इति ।तं यदा लोकानामन्तानपृच्छाम ।अथैनमब्रूम क्व पारिक्षिता अभवन्निति ।क्व पारिक्षिता अभवन् ।स त्वा पृच्छामि याज्ञवल्क्य ।क्व पारिक्षिता अभवन्निति
3.3.2 स होवाच उवाच वै सः ।अगच्छन् वै ते तद्यत्राश्वमेधयाजिनो गच्छन्तीति ।क्व न्वश्वमेधयाजिनो गच्छन्तीति ।द्वात्रिंशतं वै देवरथाह्न्यान्ययं लोकः ।तं समन्तं पृथिवी द्विस्तावत्पर्येति ।तां समन्तं पृथिवीं द्विस्तावत्समुद्रः पर्येति ।तद्यावती क्षुरस्य धारा यावद्वा मक्षिकायाः पत्त्रं तावानन्तरेणाकाशः तानैन्द्रः सुपर्णो भूत्वा वायवे प्रायच्छत् ।तान् वायुरात्मनि धित्वा तत्रागमयद्यत्राश्वमेधयाजिनोऽभवन्निति ।एवमिव वै स वायुमेव प्रशशंस तस्माद्वायुरेव व्यष्टिर्वायुः समष्टिः ।अप पुनर्मृत्युं जयति य एवं वेद ।ततो ह भुज्युर्लाह्यायनिरुपरराम
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
3.3.1 Then Bhujyu Lahyayani questioned him. "Yajnavalkya," he said, "we wandered among the Madras as traveling students.We came to the house of Patanchala Kapya.He had a daughter who was possessed by a Gandharva.We asked him, 'Who are you?'He replied, 'Sudhanvan Angirasa.'When we asked him about the boundaries of the worlds,we said to him, 'Where have the descendants of Parikshit gone?'Where have the descendants of Parikshit gone?That is what I ask you, Yajnavalkya.Where have the descendants of Parikshit gone?"
3.3.2 He replied, "He surely told you:'They have gone where those who offer the horse sacrifice go.'""And where do those who offer the horse sacrifice go?""This world spans thirty-two days' journey of the divine chariot.Around it on every side stretches an earth twice its extent.Around that earth on every side stretches an ocean twice its extent.Between them is a space as narrow as a razor's edge or the wing of a fly. Indra took the form of an eagle and delivered them to the wind.The wind took them into itself and brought them where those who had offered the horse sacrifice were.In this way he praised the wind alone. Thus wind is the individual; wind is the totality.Whoever knows this conquers repeated death."Then Bhujyu Lahyayani fell silent.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
3.3.1 Then Bhujyu Lahyayani questioned him. "Yajnavalkya," he said, "we were traveling students wandering among the Madras. We came to the house of Patanchala Kapya. He had a daughter who was possessed by a Gandharva. We asked him, 'Who are you?' He said, 'Sudhanvan, a descendant of Angiras.' As we asked him about the limits of the worlds, we said to him, 'Where did the descendants of Parikshit go?' Where did the descendants of Parikshit go? That is what I ask you, Yajnavalkya. Where did the descendants of Parikshit go?"
3.3.2 He said, "He must have said, 'They went where those who offer the horse sacrifice go.'""And where do those who offer the horse sacrifice go?""This world extends as far as a divine chariot travels in thirty-two days. Earth surrounds it, extending twice as far. The ocean surrounds that earth, extending twice as far. The space between is as thin as a razor's edge or a fly's wing. Indra became an eagle and handed them over to the wind. The wind placed them in itself and took them where those who offer the horse sacrifice had gone."In this way he praised the wind. So the wind is the separate individual, and the wind is the whole. Whoever knows this overcomes repeated death.Then Bhujyu Lahyayani stopped questioning him.
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