केनेषितं पतति प्रेषितं मनः केन प्राणः प्रथमः प्रैति युक्तः |
केनेषितां वाचमिमां वदन्ति चक्षुः श्रोत्रं क उ देवो युनक्ति ||१||
Willed by whom does the directed mind fall upon its objects? By whom is the first vital breath set in motion? By whose will do people utter this speech? What god directs the eye and ear?
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श्रोत्रस्य श्रोत्रं मनसो मनो यद्वाचो ह वाचं स उ प्राणस्य प्राणः |
चक्षुषश्चक्षुरतिमुच्य धीराः प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति ||२||
It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, the life of life, the eye of the eye. The wise, departing from this world, become immortal.
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न तत्र चक्षुर्गच्छति न वाग्गच्छति नो मनः |
न विद्मो न विजानीमो यथैतदनुशिष्यात् ||१.३||
There the eye does not go, nor speech, nor the mind. We do not know, we do not understand how one would teach this.
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अन्यदेव तद्विदितादथो अविदितादधि |
इति शुश्रुम पूर्वेषां ये नस्तद्व्याचचक्षिरे ||१.४||
It is other than the known, and beyond the unknown. Thus have we heard from the ancients who explained it to us.
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यन्मनसा न मनुते येनाहुर्मनो मतम् | तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ||१.५||
What the mind does not think, but by which, they say, the mind is thought — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.
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यच्चक्षुषा न पश्यति येन चक्षूंषि पश्यति | तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ||१.६||
What the eye does not see, but by which the eyes see — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.
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यच्छ्रोत्रेण न शृणोति येन श्रोत्रमिदं श्रुतम् | तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ||१.७||
What the ear does not hear, but by which the ear is heard — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.
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यत्प्राणेन न प्राणिति येन प्राणः प्रणीयते | तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ||१.८||
What does not breathe by prana, but by which prana is led — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.
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न तत्र चक्षुर्गच्छति न वाग्गच्छति नो मनः | न विद्मो न विजानीमो यथैतदनुशिष्यात् ||१.३||
There the eye does not go, nor speech, nor the mind. We do not know, we do not understand how one would teach this.
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