यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे सत्यकामो जाबालः -- मनो वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तज् जाबालो ऽब्रवीन् मनो वै ब्रह्मेति । अमनसो हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञावल्क्य । मन एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठानन्द इत्य् एनद् उपासीत । कानन्दता याज्ञवल्क्य । मन एव सम्राड् इति होवाच मनसा वै सम्राट् स्त्रियम् अभि हार्यति तस्यां प्रतिरूपः पुत्रो जायते । स आनन्दः । मनो वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनं मनो 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 satyakāmo jābālaḥ -- mano vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā taj jābālo 'bravīn mano vai brahmeti | amanaso hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñāvalkya | mana evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhānanda ity enad upāsīta | kānandatā yājñavalkya | mana eva samrāḍ iti hovāca manasā vai samrāṭ striyam abhi hāryati tasyāṃ pratirūpaḥ putro jāyate | sa ānandaḥ | mano vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ mano 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.
Yd^wavalkya said: ‘ Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ Ganaka Vaideha replied: ‘Satyakdma Gabala told me that mind (manas) is Brahman.’ Ya^wavalkya said: ‘ As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Satyakama Gabala tell you that mind is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without mind? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me/ Yd^avalkya said: ‘Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only/ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Y&^Atavalkya/ Ya^Aavalkya said: ‘ Mind itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as bliss/ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘What is the nature of bliss?’ Ya^Aavalkya replied: ‘ Your Majesty, mind itself; for with the mind does a man desire a woman, and a like son is born of her, and he is bliss. Mind indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Mind 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^Aavalkya 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.