Aitreya Upanishad: Verse 1.3.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तच्छ्रोत्रेणाजिघृक्षत् तन्नाशक्नोच्छ्रोत्रेण ग्रहीतुं स यद्धैनच्छ्रोतेणाग्रहैष्यच्छ्रुत्वा हैवान्नमत्रप्स्यत्॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत् श्रोत्रेण अजिघृक्षत् तत् न अशक्नोत् श्रोत्रेण ग्रहीतुम् सः यद्धि एनत् श्रोत्रेण अग्रहीष्यत् श्रुत्वा हि एव अन्नम् अत्रप्स्यत्॥

Recitation with translationAitreya Upanishad 1.3.6

IAST Transliteration

tacchrotreṇājighṛkṣat tannāśaknocchrotreṇa grahītuṃ sa yaddhainacchroteṇāgrahaiṣyacchrutvā haivānnamatrapsyat ||

Translation

उसने सोचा कि कान से उसे पकड़ ले। पर कान से पकड़ नहीं पाया। अगर कान से पकड़ पाता, तो सुन के ही खाना मिल जाता।

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Academic Translation

He desired to grasp it with hearing. He was not able to grasp it with hearing. For if one would grasp it with hearing, then having heard, one would desire food.

Verse Context

• Indriya-laghava (Limitation of Senses)
• Mahavakya: Supports the understanding that Brahman cannot be grasped by senses - aligning with neti neti (not this, not this) methodology
• Rig Veda
• Aitareya Shakha Shakha
• Chandas: Prose