Paingala Upanishad 4 — Verse 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहुर्विषयांस्तेषु गोचरान्। जङ्गमानि विमानानि हृदयानि मनीषिणः॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

इन्द्रियाणि । हयान् । आहुः । विषयान् । तेषु । गोचरान् । जङ्गमानि । विमानानि । हृदयानि । मनीषिणः ॥

IAST Transliteration

indriyāṇi hayān āhur viṣayāṁs teṣu gocarān | jaṅgamāni vimānāni hṛdayāni manīṣiṇaḥ ||4||

Translation

حواس کو وہ گھوڑے کہتے ہیں، اور موضوعاتِ حِس اُن کی چراگاہیں اور میدانِ سیر ہیں۔ دانا کہتے ہیں کہ دل چلتے ہوئے وِمانوں (فضائی رتھوں) کی مانند ہیں۔

Academic Translation

The senses, they say, are horses; the objects (of sense) are their ranges of movement. The wise (also say) that the hearts are moving aerial cars (vimānas).

Verse Context

• Indriya–viṣaya bandha (sense-object entanglement) and the inner instrument as the locus of experience
• Mahavakya: Indirect—prepares for identity-teaching (e.g., ‘ayam ātmā brahma’) by mapping the field of experience to be transcended.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)