यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे बर्कुर् वार्ष्णः । चक्षुर् वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तद् वार्ष्णो ऽब्रवीच् चक्षुर् वै ब्रह्मेति । अपश्यतो हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । चक्षुर् एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा । सत्यम् इत्य् एतद् उपासीत । का सत्यता याज्ञवल्क्य । चक्षुर् एव सम्राड् इति होवाच । चक्षुषा वै सम्राट् पश्यन्तम् आहुर् अद्राक्षीर् इति । स आहाद्राक्षम् इति तत् सत्यं भवति । चक्षुर् वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनम् चक्षुर् जहाति । सर्वाण्य् एनं भूतान्य् अभिक्षरन्ति । देवो भूत्वा देवान् अप्येति । य एवं विद्वान् एतद् उपास्ते । हस्त्यृषभं सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः -- पिता मे ऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति
yad eva te kaścid abravīt tac chṛṇavāmeti | abravīn me barkur vārṣṇaḥ | cakṣur vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā tad vārṣṇo 'bravīc cakṣur vai brahmeti | apaśyato hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | cakṣur evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā | satyam ity etad upāsīta | kā satyatā yājñavalkya | cakṣur eva samrāḍ iti hovāca | cakṣuṣā vai samrāṭ paśyantam āhur adrākṣīr iti | sa āhādrākṣam iti tat satyaṃ bhavati | cakṣur vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainam cakṣur jahāti | sarvāṇy enaṃ bhūtāny abhikṣaranti | devo bhūtvā devān apyeti | ya evaṃ vidvān etad upāste | hastyṛṣabhaṃ sahasraṃ dadāmīti hovāca janako vaidehaḥ | sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- pitā me 'manyata nānanuśiṣya hareteti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Yaf^avalkya said: ‘ Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ kanaka Vaideha replied: ‘Barku Varshwa told me that sight (A’akshus) is Brahman.’ Ya^avalkya said: ‘As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Barku Varsh^a tell you that sight is Brahman; for what is the use of a person who cannot see? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman? ’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ Y&^avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, YA^wa- valkya.’ Ya^wavalkya said: ‘ The eye is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is true.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of that which is true? ’ Y a^avalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, sight itself (is that which is true); for if they say to a man who sees with his eye, “ Didst thou see?” and he says, “ I saw,” then it is true. Sight, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Sight does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.’ YA^wavalkya said: ‘My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.’
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.