Section 3.4
Original Sanskrit
3.4.1 अथ हैनमुषस्तश्चाक्रायणः पप्रच्छ ।याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच यत्साक्षादपरोक्षाद्ब्रह्म य आत्मा सर्वान्तरस्तं मे व्याचक्ष्वेति ।एष त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।यः प्राणेन प्राणिति स त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।योऽपानेनापानिति स त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।यो व्यानेन व्यनिति स त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।य उदानेनोदनिति स त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।एष त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः
3.4.2 स होवाचोषस्तश्चाक्रायणः यथा वै ब्रूयादसौ गौरसावश्व इत्येवमेवैतद्व्यपदिष्टं भवति ।यदेव साक्षादपरोक्षाद्ब्रह्म य आत्मा सर्वान्तरस्तं मे व्याचक्ष्वेति ।एष त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।कतमो याज्ञवल्क्य सर्वान्तरः ।न दृष्टेर्द्रष्टारं पश्येः ।न श्रुतेः श्रोतारं शृणुयाः ।न मतेर्मन्तारं मन्वीथा ।न विज्ञातेर्विज्ञातारं विजानीयाः ।एष त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।अतोऽन्यदार्तम् ।ततो होषस्तश्चाक्रायण उपरराम
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
3.4.1 Then Ushasta Chakrayana questioned him."Yajnavalkya," he said, "explain to me the Brahman that is immediate and direct, the Self within all.""This is your Self within all.The one who breathes through your inward breath is your Self within all.The one who draws down through your downward breath is your Self within all.The one who pervades through your spreading breath is your Self within all.The one who rises through your upward breath is your Self within all.This is your Self within all."
3.4.2 Ushasta Chakrayana said, "This describes it as someone might say, 'That is a cow; that is a horse.'Explain to me the very Brahman that is immediate and direct, the Self within all.""This is your Self within all.""Which one, Yajnavalkya, is within all?""You cannot see the seer of seeing.You cannot hear the hearer of hearing.You cannot think the thinker of thinking.You cannot know the knower of knowing.This is your Self within all.Everything apart from this is afflicted."Then Ushasta Chakrayana 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.
3.4.1 Then Ushasta Chakrayana questioned him. "Yajnavalkya," he said, "explain to me the Brahman that is directly present, not hidden from us—the Self within everything.""It is your Self, which is within everything. The one who breathes in through the in-breath is your Self, which is within everything. The one who breathes out through the out-breath is your Self, which is within everything. The one who breathes throughout the body through the spreading breath is your Self, which is within everything. The one who breathes upward through the rising breath is your Self, which is within everything. This is your Self, which is within everything."
3.4.2 Ushasta Chakrayana said, "That is just pointing something out, as someone might say, 'That is a cow; that is a horse.' Explain to me the Brahman that is directly present, not hidden from us—the Self within everything.""It is your Self, which is within everything.""Yajnavalkya, which is within everything?""You cannot see the one who sees through sight. You cannot hear the one who hears through hearing. You cannot think of the one who thinks through thought. You cannot know the one who knows through knowledge. This is your Self, which is within everything. Anything other than this is subject to suffering."Then Ushasta Chakrayana stopped questioning him.
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