Jaabaal Upanishad: Verse 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ हैनमत्रिः पप्रच्छ याज्ञवल्क्यं—पृच्छामि त्वा याज्ञवल्क्य, अयज्ञोपवीती कथं ब्राह्मण इति । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः—इदमेवास्य तद्यज्ञोपवीतं य आत्मा । अपः प्राश्याचम्य—अयं विधिः परिव्राजकानाम् । वीराध्वाने वा अनाशके वा अपां प्रवेशे वा अग्निप्रवेशे वा महाप्रस्थाने वा । अथ परिव्राड् विवर्णवासा मुण्डोऽपरिग्रहः शुचिरद्रोही भैक्षणो ब्रह्मभूयाय भवतीति । यद्य आतुरः स्यात् मनसा वाचा संन्यसेत् । एष पन्था ब्रह्मणा हानुवित्तः; तेनैति संन्यासी ब्रह्मविद्—इत्येवमेवैष भगवन् याज्ञवल्क्यः ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । ह । एनम् । अत्रिः । पप्रच्छ । याज्ञवल्क्यम् । पृच्छामि । त्वा । याज्ञवल्क्य । अ-यज्ञोपवीती । कथम् । ब्राह्मणः । इति । सः । ह । उवाच । याज्ञवल्क्यः । इदम् । एव । अस्य । तत् । यज्ञोपवीतम् । यः । आत्मा । अपः । प्राश्य । आचम्य । अयम् । विधिः । परिव्राजकानाम् । वीर-अध्वाने । वा । अनाशके । वा । अपाम् । प्रवेशे । वा । अग्नि-प्रवेशे । वा । महा-प्रस्थाने । वा । अथ । परिव्राट् । विवर्ण-वासा । मुण्डः । अपरिग्रहः । शुचिः । अद्रोही । भैक्षणः । ब्रह्म-भूयाय । भवति । इति । यदि । आतुरः । स्यात् । मनसा । वाचा । संन्यसेत् । एषः । पन्थाः । ब्रह्मणा । हानु-वित्तः । तेन । एति । संन्यासी । ब्रह्म-वित् । इति । एवम् । एव । एषः । भगवन् । याज्ञवल्क्यः ।

Recitation with translationJaabaal Upanishad 5

IAST Transliteration

atha hainaṃ atriḥ papraccha yājñavalkyaṃ—pṛcchāmi tvā yājñavalkya, ayajñopavītī kathaṃ brāhmaṇa iti | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ—idamevāsya tad yajñopavītaṃ ya ātmā | apaḥ prāśyācamya—ayaṃ vidhiḥ parivrājakānām | vīrādhvāne vā anāśake vā apāṃ praveśe vā agnipraveśe vā mahāprasthāne vā | atha parivrāḍ vivarṇavāsā muṇḍo'parigrahaḥ śucir adrohī bhaikṣaṇo brahmabhūyāya bhavatīti | yady āturaḥ syāt manasā vācā saṃnyaset | eṣa panthā brahmaṇā hānuvittaḥ; tena eti saṃnyāsī brahmavid—ityevamevaiṣa bhagavan yājñavalkyaḥ ||5||

Translation

പിന്നെ അത്രി യാജ്ഞവൽക്യനോട് ചോദിച്ചു—“യാജ്ഞവൽക്യ, ഞാൻ ചോദിക്കുന്നു: യജ്ഞോപവീതമില്ലാതെ ഒരാൾ എങ്ങനെ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ?” യാജ്ഞവൽക്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഇതുതന്നെയാണ് അവന്റെ യജ്ഞോപവീതം—അഥവാ ആത്മാവ്. ജലം പാനം ചെയ്ത് ആചമനം ചെയ്താൽ—ഇതാണ് പരിവ്രാജകരുടെ വിധി: വീരാധ്വാനത്തിൽ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഉപവാസമരണത്തിൽ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ജലപ്രവേശത്തിൽ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അഗ്നിപ്രവേശത്തിൽ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മഹാപ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ. തുടർന്ന് പരിവ്രാട് മങ്ങിയ വസ്ത്രം ധരിച്ചു, മുണ്ഡിതനായി, അപരിഗ്രഹിയായി, ശുദ്ധനായി, അദ്രോഹിയായി, ഭിക്ഷാവൃത്തിയാൽ ജീവിച്ച്—ബ്രഹ്മഭാവത്തിന് യോഗ്യനാകുന്നു. ഒരാൾ രോഗാതുരനായാൽ മനസ്സിലും വാക്കിലും സന്ന്യാസം സ്വീകരിക്കണം. ഈ പഥം ബ്രഹ്മാവിന് പരമ്പരയായി അറിയപ്പെട്ടത്; അതിലൂടെ സന്ന്യാസി ബ്രഹ്മവിദായി പുറപ്പെടുന്നു—എന്നിങ്ങനെ ഭഗവാൻ യാജ്ഞവൽക്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു.

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Academic Translation

Then Atri asked Yājñavalkya: “I ask you, Yājñavalkya—how is one a brāhmaṇa without the sacred thread (yajñopavīta)?” Yājñavalkya replied: “This itself is his sacred thread—namely, the Self. Having drunk water and performed sipping (ācamana)—this is the rule for wandering renunciants, whether on a heroic journey, or in fasting unto death, or in entering water, or in entering fire, or in the great departure. Then the wandering mendicant, wearing discolored garments, shaven-headed, without possessions, pure, non-injurious, living on alms, becomes fit for Brahmanhood. If one is ill, one should renounce by mind and speech. This path was known by Brahmā (as the tradition received); by it the renunciant goes forth as a knower of Brahman—thus indeed (said) the venerable Yājñavalkya.

Verse Context

• Ātman as the true yajñopavīta; saṃnyāsa-dharma; inner renunciation beyond external symbols
• Mahavakya: Indirect: emphasizes identity with the Self as the primary sanctifier, resonant with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ (Self as Brahman) though not phrased as a mahāvākya.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyin) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose