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

ਕੁਝ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ‘ਸੰਭਵ’ (ਉਤਪੱਤੀ/ਪ੍ਰਕਟਤਾ) ਤੋਂ ਇਹ ਇਕ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ‘ਅਸੰਭਵ’ (ਅਨੁਤਪੱਤੀ/ਅਪ੍ਰਕਟਤਾ) ਤੋਂ ਇਹ ਹੋਰ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਹੈ। ਇਉਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਧੀਰ ਗਿਆਨੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਹੈ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਭੇਦ ਸਪਸ਼ਟ ਕਰਕੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ।

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)