Yagyavalkya Upanishad: Verse 16
मेरुशृङ्गतटोल्लासि गङ्गाजलस्योपमा ।
दृष्टा यस्मिन्मुने मुक्ताहारस्योल्लसशालिता ॥१६॥
मेरु-शृङ्ग-तट-उल्लासि । गङ्गा-जलस्य-उपमा ।
दृष्टा । यस्मिन् । मुने । मुक्त-आहारस्य । उल्लस-शालिता ॥१६॥
meruśṛṅga-taṭollāsi gaṅgājalasyopamā |
dṛṣṭā yasmin mune muktāhārasyollasaśālitā ||16||
मेरू पर्वत की चमक जैसी है, गंगा के पानी जैसी साफ़ है। जब किसी रिशि में यह नज़र आता है, तो उसके अंदर एक अलग ही चमक होती है। वो इंसान जो अपना खाना कंट्रोल में रखता है, उसमें यह चमक साफ़ दिखती है।
Like the shining slope of Meru’s peak, comparable to the water of the Gaṅgā—when that (state/vision) is seen in a sage, there is the radiant excellence of one whose food is liberated (i.e., restrained/purified).
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