Shloka 12

Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman

Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

प्राणेन न तदाप्रेयं नास्वाद्यं चैव जिह्नया । स्पर्शनेन तदस्पृश्यं मनसा त्ववगम्यते,“वह अविनाशी ब्रह्म प्राणेन्द्रियसे सूँघने और जिद्ठाद्वारा आस्वादन करनेयोग्य नहीं है। स्पर्शन्द्रिय--त्वचाद्वारा उसका स्पर्श भी नहीं किया जा सकता; केवल बुद्धिके द्वारा उसका अनुभव किया जा सकता है

Transliteration

prāṇena na tad āpreyaṁ nāsvādyaṁ caiva jihnayā | sparśanena tad aspṛśyaṁ manasā tv avagamyate ||

Translation

Vāyu said: That Imperishable Brahman cannot be reached by the breath as an object of smell, nor can it be tasted by the tongue. It cannot be touched by the sense of touch; it is to be apprehended only by the mind.

Word by Word

प्राणेनby the breath / by the vital sense

नnot

तत्that (Brahman)

आप्रेयम्fit to be smelled

नnot

आस्वाद्यम्fit to be tasted

चand

एवindeed/just

जिह्वयाby the tongue

स्पर्शनेनby touch / by the tactile sense

तत्that (Brahman)

अस्पृश्यम्untouchable / not fit to be touched

मनसाby the mind

तुbut

अवगम्यतेis understood / is apprehended

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Brahman

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes