यद् एव ते कश्चिद् अब्रवीत् तच् छृणवामेति । अब्रवीन् मे विदग्धः शाकल्यः । हृदयं वै ब्रह्मेति । यथा मातृमान् पितृमान् आचार्यवान् ब्रूयात् तथा तच् छाकल्यो ऽब्रवीद् धृदयं वै ब्रह्मेति । अहृदयस्य हि किं स्याद् इति । अब्रवीत् तु ते तस्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठाम् । न मे ऽब्रवीद् इति । एकपाद् वा एतत् सम्राड् इति । स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञवल्क्य । हृदयम् एवायतनम् आकाशः प्रतिष्ठा । स्थितिर् इत्य् एनद् उपासीत । का स्थितिता याज्ञवल्क्य । हृदयम् एव सम्राड् इति होवाच । हृदयं वै सम्राट् सर्वेषां भूतानाम् आयतनम् । हृदयं वै सम्राट् सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा । हृदये ह्य् एव सम्राट् सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रतिष्ठितानि भवन्ति । हृदयं वै सम्राट् परमं ब्रह्म । नैनं हृदयं 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 vidagdhaḥ śākalyaḥ | hṛdayaṃ vai brahmeti | yathā mātṛmān pitṛmān ācāryavān brūyāt tathā tac chākalyo 'bravīd dhṛdayaṃ vai brahmeti | ahṛdayasya hi kiṃ syād iti | abravīt tu te tasyāyatanaṃ pratiṣṭhām | na me 'bravīd iti | ekapād vā etat samrāḍ iti | sa vai no brūhi yājñavalkya | hṛdayam evāyatanam ākāśaḥ pratiṣṭhā | sthitir ity enad upāsīta | kā sthititā yājñavalkya | hṛdayam eva samrāḍ iti hovāca | hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānām āyatanam | hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ pratiṣṭhā | hṛdaye hy eva samrāṭ sarvāṇi bhūtāni pratiṣṭhitāni bhavanti | hṛdayaṃ vai samrāṭ paramaṃ brahma | nainaṃ hṛdayaṃ 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.
Ya^Aavalkya said: ‘ Let us hear what anybody may have told you.’ Ganaka Vaideha replied: ‘Vidagdha Gakalya told me that the heart (hr/daya) is Brahman.’ Yd^lavalkya said: ‘ As one who had (the benefit B.R/H ADIrANYAKA-UPANISH AD. of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Gakalya tell you that the heart is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the resting- place of that Brahman? ’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ He did not tell me.’ Yaf»avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Then tell me, Yif»avalkya.’ Ya^iavalkya said: ‘The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ What is the nature of certainty? ’ Ya^wavalkya replied: ‘Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart 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.’ Yafwavalkya 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.