Verse 13

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ईश्वरो जीवकलया प्रविष्टो भगवानिति । प्रणमेद्दण्डवद्भूमावाश्वचण्डालगोखरम् ॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ईश्वरः । जीव-कलया । प्रविष्टः । भगवान् । इति । प्रणमेत् । दण्डवत् । भूमौ । अश्व-चण्डाल-गो-खरम् ॥१३॥

IAST Transliteration

īśvaro jīvakalayā praviṣṭo bhagavān iti | praṇamed daṇḍavad bhūmāv aśva-caṇḍāla-go-kharam ||13||

Translation

ईश्वर जीवकलेने सर्व प्राण्यांत भगवान् म्हणून प्रविष्ट आहे असे जाणून—अश्व, चांडाळ, गाय किंवा गाढव इत्यादी सर्वांपुढे भूमीवर दंडवत् प्रणाम करावा।

Academic Translation

Knowing that the Lord, as a portion (kalā) of the individual soul, has entered (all beings) as the Blessed One—one should bow down prostrate on the ground to (all), whether horse, outcaste, cow, or donkey.

Verse Context

• Īśvara/Ātman immanence; sama-darśana (equal vision); non-duality expressed as reverence to all beings
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports ‘tat tvam asi’ and ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ by extending identity/immanence to all beings; not a direct mahāvākya citation
• Yajur
• Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasaneyī) — traditionally associated; the Yājñavalkya Upaniṣad is generally classed with Śukla-Yajurveda in later Upaniṣadic catalogues Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)