Verse 15

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वङ्मांसरक्तबाष्पाम्बु पृथक्कृत्वा विलोचने । समालोकय रम्यं चेत्किं मुधा परिमुह्यसि ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

त्वक्-मांस-रक्त-बाष्प-अम्बु । पृथक्-कृत्वा । विलोचने । समालोकय । रम्यम् । चेत् । किम् । मुधा । परिमुह्यसि ॥१५॥

IAST Transliteration

tvag-māṃsa-rakta-bāṣpāmbu pṛthak-kṛtvā vilocane | samālokaya ramyaṃ cet kiṃ mudhā parimuhyasi ||15||

Translation

ତ୍ୱକ୍, ମାଂସ, ରକ୍ତ, ବାଷ୍ପ (ଶ୍ୱାସର ଭାପ) ଓ ଜଳ (ଦ୍ରବ)କୁ ପୃଥକ୍ କରି ଚକ୍ଷୁଦ୍ୱାରା ଦେଖ; ଯଦି ସେଠାରେ କିଛି ରମ୍ୟ ଦିଶେ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ କାହିଁକି ବ୍ୟର୍ଥରେ ମୋହିତ ହେଉଛ?

Academic Translation

Having separated skin, flesh, blood, vapor (breath/steam), and water (fluids) in the eyes, if (anything) is seen as delightful, then why do you vainly become deluded?

Verse Context

• Viveka (discrimination) leading to vairāgya; deconstruction of nāma-rūpa; moha-nivṛtti (removal of delusion)
• Mahavakya: Preparatory (sādhana) for mahāvākya realization; undermines body-identification that obstructs ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’/‘ayam ātmā brahma’ insight
• Yajur
• Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasaneyī) — traditional later classification for the Yājñavalkya Upaniṣad Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)