Section 5.9
Original Sanskrit
5.9.1 अयमग्निर्वैश्वानरो योऽयमन्तः पुरुषे ।येनेदमन्नं पच्यते ।यदिदमद्यते ।तस्यैष घोषो भवति ।यमेतत्कर्णावपिधाय शृणोति ।स यदोत्क्रमिष्यन् भवति नैनं घोषं शृणोति
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.9.1 This fire within a person is Vaishvanara. It cooks the food that is eaten. Its sound is the sound one hears on closing both ears. When a person is about to leave the body, he no longer hears that sound.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
5.9.1 This fire within a person is Vaishvanara, the fire shared by everyone.Through it, food is digested:the food that is eaten here.It makes this sound:the sound a person hears when they close their ears.When someone is about to leave the body, they no longer hear this sound.
About this section
Section 5.9 is part of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 36 of 47 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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