Shloka 15

ब्रह्मघोष-प्रवर्तनम्, अनध्याय-नियमः, वायु-मार्ग-वर्णनम्

Restoring Vedic Recitation, the Anadhyaya Rule, and the Taxonomy of Winds

Devanagari script

अन्यो हाग्निरुखाप्यन्या नित्यमेवमवेहि भो: । न चोपलिप्यते सो5ग्निरुखासंस्पर्शनेन वै,राजन! जैसे अग्नि दूसरी वस्तु है और मिट्टीकी हँड़िया दूसरी वस्तु। इन दोनोंके भेदको नित्य समझो। उस हँड़ियेके स्पर्शसे अग्नि दूषित नहीं होती है

Transliteration

anyo hāgnir ukhāpy anyā nityam evam avehi bhoḥ | na copalipyate so 'gnir ukhāsaṁsparśanena vai, rājan ||

Translation

Yājñavalkya said: “Fire is one thing, and the earthen pot is another. Know this distinction to be eternal, O king. The fire is not tainted merely by contact with the pot.”

Word by Word

अन्यःanother, different

हindeed (emphatic particle)

अग्निःfire

उखाa clay pot, earthen vessel

अपिalso, even

अन्याanother, different

नित्यम्always, eternally

एवम्thus, in this manner

अवेहिknow, understand

भोःO! (vocative particle)

नnot

चand

उपलिप्यतेis smeared/tainted, is defiled

सःthat (he/it)

अग्निःfire

उखा-संस्पर्शनेनby contact with the pot

वैindeed, certainly

राजन्O king

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yājñavalkya

king (rājan)

fire (agni)

earthen pot (ukhā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes