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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (Kāṇva) 3.6.1

BU 3.6.1

अथ हैनं गार्गी वाचक्नवी पप्रच्छ -- याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच । यद् इदं सर्वम् अप्स्व् ओतं च प्रोतं च कस्मिन् नु खल्व् आप ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । वायौ गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खलु वायुर् ओतश् च प्रोतश् चेति । अन्तरिक्षलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खल्व् अन्तरिक्षलोका ओतश् च प्रोतश् चेति । गन्धर्वलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खलु गन्धर्वलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । अदित्यलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खल्व् आदित्यलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । चन्द्रलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खलु चन्द्रलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । नक्षत्रलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खलु नक्षत्रलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । देवलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खलु देवलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । इन्द्रलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खल्व् इन्द्रलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । प्रजापतिलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खलु प्रजापतिलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । ब्रह्मलोकेषु गार्गीति । कस्मिन् नु खलु ब्रह्मलोका ओताश् च प्रोताश् चेति । स होवाच -- गार्गि मातिप्राक्षीः । मा ते मूर्धा व्यपप्तत् । अनतिप्रश्न्यां वै देवताम् अतिपृच्छसि । गार्गि मातिप्राक्षीर् इति । ततो ह गार्गी वाचक्नव्य् उपरराम

atha hainaṃ gārgī vācaknavī papraccha -- yājñavalkyeti hovāca | yad idaṃ sarvam apsv otaṃ ca protaṃ ca kasmin nu khalv āpa otāś ca protāś ceti | vāyau gārgīti | kasmin nu khalu vāyur otaś ca protaś ceti | antarikṣalokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalv antarikṣalokā otaś ca protaś ceti | gandharvalokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalu gandharvalokā otāś ca protāś ceti | adityalokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalv ādityalokā otāś ca protāś ceti | candralokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalu candralokā otāś ca protāś ceti | nakṣatralokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalu nakṣatralokā otāś ca protāś ceti | devalokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalu devalokā otāś ca protāś ceti | indralokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalv indralokā otāś ca protāś ceti | prajāpatilokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalu prajāpatilokā otāś ca protāś ceti | brahmalokeṣu gārgīti | kasmin nu khalu brahmalokā otāś ca protāś ceti | sa hovāca -- gārgi mātiprākṣīḥ | mā te mūrdhā vyapaptat | anatipraśnyāṃ vai devatām atipṛcchasi | gārgi mātiprākṣīr iti | tato ha gārgī vācaknavy upararāma

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Then G&rgl Vd/£aknavl asked. ‘ Ya^avalkya,’ she said, ‘everything here is woven, like warp and woof, in water. What then is that in which water is woven, like warp and woof?’ ‘ In air, O Girgi,’ he replied. ‘ In what then is air woven, like warp and woof?’ ‘ In the worlds of the sky, O Gdrgl,’ he replied. ‘ In what then are the worlds of the sky woven, like warp and woof? ’ ‘ In the worlds of the Gandharvas, O Gdrgt,’ he replied. ‘ In what then are the worlds of the Gandharvas woven, like warp and woof?’ ‘In the worlds of Aditya (sun), O Gargi,’ he replied. ‘ In what then are the worlds of Aditya (sun) woven, like warp and woof?’ ‘ In the worlds of Aandra (moon), O Gdrgi,’ he replied. ‘ In what then are the worlds of Aandra (moon) woven, like warp and woof? ’ ‘ In the worlds of the Nakshatras (stars), O Gargi,’ he replied. ‘ In what then are the worlds of the Nakshatras (stars) woven, like warp and woof?’ ‘ In the worlds of the Devas (gods), O Gargi,’ he replied. ‘ In what then are the worlds of the Devas (gods) woven, like warp and woof? ’ ‘ In the worlds of Indra, O Gdrgi,’ he replied. * In what then are the worlds of Indra woven, like warp and woof?’

Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

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