Section 7.2
Original Sanskrit
7.2.1 वाग्वाव नाम्नो भूयसी वाग्वा ऋग्वेदं विज्ञापयति यजुर्वेदँ सामवेदमाथर्वणं चतुर्थमितिहासपुराणं पञ्चमं वेदानां वेदं पित्र्यँराशिं दैवं निधिं वाकोवाक्यमेकायनं देवविद्यां ब्रह्मविद्यां भूतविद्यां क्षत्रविद्याँ सर्पदेवजनविद्यां दिवं च पृथिवीं च वायुं चाकाशं चापश्च तेजश्च देवाँश्च मनुष्याँश्च पशूँश्च वयाँसि च तृणवनस्पतीञ्छ्वापदान्याकीटपतङ्गपिपीलकं धर्मं चाधर्मं च सत्यं चानृतं च साधु चासाधु च हृदयज्ञं चाहृदयज्ञं च यद्वै वाङ्नाभविष्यन्न धर्मो नाधर्मो व्यज्ञापयिष्यन्न सत्यं नानृतं न साधु नासाधु न हृदयज्ञो नाहृदयज्ञो वागेवैतत्सर्वं विज्ञापयति वाचमुपास्स्वेति ॥ १ ॥
7.2.2 स यो वाचं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते यावद्वाचो गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो वाचं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवो वाचो भूय इति वाचो वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ २ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
7.2.1 "Speech is greater than name. Speech makes known the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the Atharvaveda as the fourth, history and ancient lore as the fifth, the Veda of the Vedas, ancestral rites, arithmetic, divination, treasure lore, disputation, ethics, the lore of gods, sacred lore, the lore of beings, military science, and the lore of serpents and divine beings; heaven and earth, wind and space, water and fire, gods and humans, cattle and birds, grasses and trees, wild beasts down to insects, moths, and ants; right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good and bad, what pleases the heart and what does not. Had speech not existed, neither right nor wrong would be made known, neither truth nor falsehood, neither good nor bad, neither what pleases the heart nor what does not. Speech makes all this known. Meditate on speech.
7.2.2 "Whoever meditates on speech as Brahman moves at will wherever speech extends—whoever meditates on speech as Brahman." "Revered sir, is there something greater than speech?" "There is indeed something greater than speech." "Tell me of it, revered sir."
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
7.2.1 "Speech is greater than name. Speech makes known the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda, the Atharvaveda as the fourth, histories and ancient accounts as the fifth Veda, the study of the Vedas, ancestral rites, calculation, omens, hidden treasures, debate, rules of conduct, knowledge of the gods, sacred knowledge, knowledge of spirits, military knowledge, and knowledge of snakes and divine beings. It makes known heaven and earth, wind and space, water and fire, gods and human beings, livestock and birds, grasses and trees, wild animals, down to worms, flying insects, and ants. It makes known right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good and bad, what is pleasing to the heart and what is not. Without speech, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good and bad, what pleases the heart and what does not could not be made known. Speech makes all this known. Meditate on speech."
7.2.2 "Someone who meditates on speech as Brahman can move as they please wherever speech reaches. This is true of someone who meditates on speech as Brahman." "Sir, is anything greater than speech?" "Yes, something is greater than speech." "Please tell me what it is."
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