Section 3.5
Original Sanskrit
3.5.1 अथ हैनं कहोलः कौषीतकेयः पप्रच्छ याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच ।यदेव साक्षादपरोक्षाद्ब्रह्म य आत्मा सर्वान्तरस्तं मे व्याचक्ष्वेति ।एष त आत्मा सर्वान्तरः ।कतमो याज्ञवल्क्य सर्वान्तरः ।योऽशनायापिपासे शोकं मोहं जरां मृत्युमत्येति ।एतं वै तमात्मानं विदित्वा ब्राह्मणाः पुत्रैषणायाश्च वित्तैषणायाश्च लोकैषणायाश्च व्युत्थायाथ भिक्षाचर्यं चरन्ति ।या ह्येव पुत्रैषणा सा वित्तैषणा या वित्तैषणा सा लोकैषणा ।उभे ह्येते एषणे एव भवतः ।तस्माद्ब्रामणः पाण्डित्यं निर्विद्य बाल्येन तिष्ठासेत् ।बाल्यं च पाण्डित्यं च निर्विद्याथ मुनिः ।अमौनं च मौनं च निर्विद्याथ ब्राह्मणः ।स ब्राह्मणः केन स्याद्येन स्यात्तेनेदृश एव ।अतोऽन्यदार्तम् ।ततो ह कहोलः कौषीतकेय उपरराम
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
3.5.1 Then Kahola Kaushitakeya questioned him. "Yajnavalkya," he said,"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?""The one who passes beyond hunger and thirst, sorrow and delusion, old age and death.Knowing this Self, Brahmins rise above the desire for sons, the desire for wealth, and the desire for worlds, and live by begging.For the desire for sons is the desire for wealth, and the desire for wealth is the desire for worlds.Both of these are only desires.Therefore a Brahmin, having gone beyond learning, should seek to live with a child's simplicity.Having gone beyond both a child's simplicity and learning, let him become a sage.Having gone beyond both silence and the absence of silence, let him become a Brahmin.How does that Brahmin live? However he may live, he remains just such a one.Everything apart from this is afflicted."Then Kahola Kaushitakeya 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.
3.5.1 Then Kahola Kaushitakeya 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.""Yajnavalkya, which is within everything?""The one that goes beyond hunger and thirst, grief and confusion, old age and death. Knowing this Self, Brahmins give up the desire for children, the desire for wealth, and the desire for worlds. They then live by begging. The desire for children is the desire for wealth, and the desire for wealth is the desire for worlds. Both are only desires. So a Brahmin should finish with scholarship and seek to live with a child's simplicity. After finishing with both a child's simplicity and scholarship, he becomes a sage. After finishing with both silence and its opposite, he becomes a Brahmin. How should that Brahmin live? However he lives, he remains just that. Anything other than this is subject to suffering."Then Kahola Kaushitakeya stopped questioning him.
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