Verse 13

Ishavasya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्यदेवाहुः सम्भवात् अन्यदाहुरसम्भवात् । इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अन्यत् एव । आहुः । सम्भवात् । अन्यत् । आहुः । असम्भवात् । इति । शुश्रुम । धीराणाम् । ये । नः । तत् । विचचक्षिरे ।

IAST Transliteration

anyad evāhuḥ sambhavāt anyad āhur asambhavāt | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||13||

Translation

ពួកគេនិយាយថា ពីសម្ភវៈ (ការកើតមាន/ការបង្ហាញ) គឺយ៉ាងមួយ ហើយពីអសម្ភវៈ (មិនកើតមាន/មិនបង្ហាញ) គឺយ៉ាងមួយទៀត។ ដូច្នេះយើងបានឮពីបណ្ឌិតអ្នកប្រាជ្ញ ដែលបានបកស្រាយអំពីវា​ដល់យើង។

Academic Translation

They say it is one thing from sambhava (becoming/origination); they say it is another thing from asambhava (non-becoming/non-origination). Thus we have heard from the wise who explained that to us.

Verse Context

• Brahman–world relation; sambhūti/asambhūti as complementary standpoints; avidyā/vidyā coordination
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the method of reconciling empirical ‘becoming’ with the non-originated Self implied by ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’/‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (two levels of discourse: vyavahāra/paramārtha).
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda; commonly transmitted with the Mādhyandina/Kāṇva recensions Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)