Katha:2.2.9
Mantra 2.2.9
Original Text:
अग्निर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव । एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च ॥ ९ ॥
agniryathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva | ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo bahiśca || 9 ||
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| अग्निः | agniḥ | अग्नि – वह जो जलता है, प्रकाश और उष्मा का स्रोत | fire – the principle of heat and light | यथा | yathā | जैसे – तुलना का सूचक | just as – denotes comparison | एकः | ekaḥ | एक – अद्वितीय, केवल एक | one – singular, unique | एव | eva | ही – विशेष रूप से, केवल | indeed – emphasis, only | इमं | imaṃ | इस – इस (संसार) में | this – referring to the world | भुवनम् | bhuvanam | संसार – जगत, समस्त प्राणी और पदार्थ | world – universe, all beings and things | प्रविष्टः | praviṣṭaḥ | प्रवेश किया – भीतर गया | entered – having entered | रूपम् रूपम् | rūpam rūpam | प्रत्येक रूप – हर रूप, हर आकार | each form – every form, every shape | प्रति-रूपः | prati-rūpaḥ | प्रत्येक रूप के अनुसार – अनुरूप | corresponding to each form – matching each form | बभूव | babhūva | बन गया – हो गया, प्रकट हुआ | became – assumed, manifested | एकः | ekaḥ | एक – अद्वितीय, केवल एक | one – singular, unique | तथा | tathā | वैसे ही – उसी प्रकार | so – in the same way | सर्व-भूत-अन्तरात्मा | sarva-bhūta-antarātmā | सभी प्राणियों का अंतरात्मा – समस्त जीवों के भीतर स्थित आत्मा | inner self of all beings – the innermost self of all living entities | रूपम् रूपम् | rūpam rūpam | प्रत्येक रूप – हर रूप, हर आकार | each form – every form, every shape | प्रति-रूपः | prati-rūpaḥ | प्रत्येक रूप के अनुसार – अनुरूप | corresponding to each form – matching each form | बहिः च | bahiḥ ca | बाहर भी – समस्त रूपों के बाहर भी | and outside – also beyond all forms |
Translation/Explanation
Hindi: जैसे अग्नि, एक होते हुए भी, संसार में प्रवेश कर प्रत्येक रूप के अनुसार अलग-अलग रूप धारण करता है, वैसे ही समस्त प्राणियों का अंतरात्मा, एक होते हुए, हर रूप के अनुसार रूप धारण करता है और सभी रूपों के बाहर भी स्थित है।
English: Just as agni, though eka, having entered the bhuvanam, assumes a prati-rūpa corresponding to each rūpa, so does the sarva-bhūta-antarātmā, being eka, take on a prati-rūpa for every rūpa and is also bahiḥ, outside all forms.
Commentary
As the knowledge of the oneness of the ātman, though supported by authority and often reiterated, is not firmly grasped by the intellect of those whose minds are unsettled by the arguments of various logicians, the śruti, being anxious to inculcate it, repeats: just as agni, though eka and luminous by nature, having entered the bhuvanam (the world, so called because all things come into being there), assumes distinct shapes in relation to every object to be burned; so, being eka, the sarva-bhūta-antarātmā, having entered all bodies, just as agni enters firewood, being extremely subtle, assumes forms corresponding to each and is also bahiḥ, outside them all, like ākāśa, in its own unmodified nature.
Concept List
agni
eka
bhuvanam
praviṣṭaḥ
rūpa
prati-rūpa
sarva-bhūta-antarātmā
bahiḥ
ātman
ākāśa