Shloka 8

Vāc–Manas Saṃvāda: Prāṇa-Apāna and the Primacy Debate (वाक्–मनस् संवादः)

Devanagari script

शरीरभद्‌ गार्हपत्यस्तस्मादन्य: प्रणीयते । मनश्नलाहवनीयस्तु तस्मिन्‌ प्रक्षिप्पते हवि:,वह शरीरका अभिमानी जीव गार्हपत्य अग्नि है। उससे जो दूसरा पावक प्रकट होता है, वह मन है। मन आहवनीय अग्नि है। उसीमें पूर्वोक्त हविष्यकी आहुति दी जाती है

Transliteration

śarīrabhṛd gārhapatyas tasmād anyaḥ praṇīyate | manaś cāhavanīyas tu tasmin prakṣipyate haviḥ ||

Translation

The embodied self, identifying with the body, is spoken of as the Gārhapatya fire. From that arises another fire—namely the mind. The mind is the Āhavanīya fire; into it the previously described oblation is to be cast.

Word by Word

शरीरभृत्the embodied one (bearer of the body)

गार्हपत्यःthe Gārhapatya fire

तस्मात्from that (from him/it)

अन्यःanother

प्रणीयतेis led forth / is brought forward

मनःmind

अनलःfire

आहवनीयःthe Āhavanīya fire

तुbut/indeed

तस्मिन्in that (in it/him)

प्रक्षिप्यतेis cast/placed (as an offering)

हविःoblation

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

śarīrabhṛt (embodied self/jīva)

gārhapatya-agni

āhavanīya-agni

manas (mind)

havis (oblation)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes