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Sarasvatīrahasya Upaniṣad 1 (Sanskrit Documents numbering)

Canonical source text

ऋषयो ह वै भगवन्तमाश्वलायनं सम्पूज्य पप्रच्छुः केनोपायेन तज्ज्ञानं तत्पदार्थावभासकम् । यदुपासनया तत्त्वं जानासि भगवन्वद ॥

IAST transliteration

ṛṣayo ha vai bhagavantam āśvalāyanaṃ sampūjya papracchuḥ kenopāyena taj jñānaṃ tatpadārthāvabhāsakam | yad upāsanayā tattvaṃ jānāsi bhagavan vada ||

Close translation

The ṛṣis honoured blessed Āśvalāyana and asked: ‘By what means is that knowledge which lights its object? By what sitting-near do you know the real? Blessed one, speak.’

Reader-friendly meaning

A question about knowledge and upāsanā. The mixed-bīja stotra that follows in some prints is not opened here.

Meenananda editorial explanation

Ask as a student asks. The house answers with public study, not with a secret count.

Sarasvatīrahasya Upaniṣad 1, Sanskrit Documents recension (sarasvati_upan.html). Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org). Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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English

The ṛṣis honoured blessed Āśvalāyana and asked: ‘By what means is that knowledge which lights its object? By what sitting-near do you know the real? Blessed one, speak.’

বাংলা

ঋষিগণ ভগবান্ আশ্বলায়নকে পূজা করে জিজ্ঞাসা করলেন: ‘কোন উপায়ে সেই জ্ঞান হয় যা অর্থকে প্রকাশ করে? কোন উপাসনায় তত্ত্ব জানেন? ভগবন্, বলুন।’

हिन्दी

ऋषियों ने भगवान् आश्वलायन का पूजन कर पूछा: ‘किस उपाय से वह ज्ञान होता है जो अर्थ को प्रकाशित करे? किस उपासना से तत्त्व जानते हो? भगवन्, कहिए।’