{
  "id": "upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.12",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.12/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "brihadaranyaka.2.1.12",
  "speaker": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Gārgya to Ajātaśatru; Ajātaśatru to Gārgya",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स होवाच गार्ग्यः य एवायं छायामयः पुरुष एतमेवाहं ब्रह्मोपास इति ।\nस होवाचाजातशत्रुः मा मैतस्मिन्संवदिष्ठाः ।\nमृत्युरिति वा अहमेतमुपास इति ।\nस य एतमेवमुपास्ते सर्वं हैवास्मिंल्लोक आयुरेति ।\nनैनं पुरा कालान्मृत्युरागच्छति ॥ २.१.१२ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa hovāca gārgyaḥ ya evāyaṃ chāyāmayaḥ puruṣa etamevāhaṃ brahmopāsa iti |\nsa hovācājātaśatruḥ mā maitasminsaṃvadiṣṭhāḥ |\nmṛtyuriti vā ahametamupāsa iti |\nsa ya etamevamupāste sarvaṃ haivāsmiṃlloka āyureti |\nnainaṃ purā kālānmṛtyurāgacchati || 2.1.12 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "sa",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "gārgyaḥ",
      "meaning": "Gārgya",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ayam",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "chāyāmayaḥ",
      "meaning": "made of shadow",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "puruṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "person",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etam",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aham",
      "meaning": "I",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "brahma",
      "meaning": "brahman",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāse",
      "meaning": "meditate upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sa",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ajātaśatruḥ",
      "meaning": "Ajātaśatru",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mā",
      "meaning": "do not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mā",
      "meaning": "do not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etasmin",
      "meaning": "about this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saṃvadiṣṭhāḥ",
      "meaning": "speak",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mṛtyuḥ",
      "meaning": "death",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vā",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aham",
      "meaning": "I",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etam",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāse",
      "meaning": "meditate upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sa",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etam",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "evam",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāste",
      "meaning": "meditates upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sarvam",
      "meaning": "all",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asmin",
      "meaning": "in this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "loke",
      "meaning": "world",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āyuḥ",
      "meaning": "life",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eti",
      "meaning": "attains",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "enam",
      "meaning": "him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "purā",
      "meaning": "before",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kālāt",
      "meaning": "time",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mṛtyuḥ",
      "meaning": "death",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āgacchati",
      "meaning": "comes",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "गार्ग्य ने कहा: जो यह छायामय पुरुष है, इसी को मैं ब्रह्म की उपासना करता हूँ। अजातशत्रु ने कहा: इसके विषय में मुझसे मत बोलो। मैं इसे 'मृत्यु' मानकर उपासना करता हूँ। जो इस प्रकार इसकी उपासना करता है, वह इस लोक में सम्पूर्ण आयु प्राप्त करता है; समय से पहले मृत्यु उसके पास नहीं आती।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "கார்க்யர் கூறினார்: நிழலால் ஆன இந்தப் புருஷனையே நான் பிரம்மமாக உபாசிக்கிறேன். அஜாதசத்ரு கூறினார்: இதைப் பற்றி என்னிடம் பேசாதே. நான் இவரை 'மிருத்யு' (மரணம்) என்று உபாசிக்கிறேன். இவ்வாறு இவரை உபாசிப்பவன் இந்த உலகில் முழு ஆயுளைப் பெறுகிறான்; காலத்திற்கு முன் மரணம் அவனை அணுகுவதில்லை.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "గార్గ్యుడు అన్నాడు: ఛాయామయుడైన ఈ పురుషుణ్ణే నేను బ్రహ్మంగా ఉపాసిస్తాను. అజాతశత్రువు అన్నాడు: దీని గురించి నాతో మాట్లాడకు. నేను దీనిని 'మృత్యువు' అని ఉపాసిస్తాను. ఇలా ఉపాసించేవాడు ఈ లోకంలో పూర్తి ఆయుష్షు పొందుతాడు; కాలం రాకముందే మృత్యువు అతని వద్దకు రాదు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಗಾರ್ಗ್ಯ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ನೆರಳಿನಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ ಈ ಪುರುಷನನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೆಂದು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅಜಾತಶತ್ರು ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಇದರ ಕುರಿತು ನನ್ನೊಡನೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಬೇಡ. ನಾನು ಇವನನ್ನು 'ಮೃತ್ಯು' (ಮರಣ) ಎಂದು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವವನು ಈ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಆಯುಷ್ಯ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮುನ್ನ ಮೃತ್ಯು ಅವನ ಬಳಿ ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ഗാർഗ്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു: നിഴൽരൂപിയായ ഈ പുരുഷനെയാണ് ഞാൻ ബ്രഹ്മമായി ഉപാസിക്കുന്നത്. അജാതശത്രു പറഞ്ഞു: ഇതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് എന്നോട് സംസാരിക്കരുത്. ഞാൻ ഇദ്ദേഹത്തെ 'മൃത്യു' (മരണം) എന്ന് ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നവൻ ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ പൂർണ്ണായുസ്സ് നേടുന്നു; കാലത്തിന് മുമ്പ് മരണം അവനെ സമീപിക്കുന്നില്ല.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "গার্গ্য বললেন: ছায়াময় যে এই পুরুষ, তাঁকেই আমি ব্রহ্ম বলে উপাসনা করি। অজাতশত্রু বললেন: এ বিষয়ে আমার সঙ্গে কথা বোলো না। আমি একে 'মৃত্যু' বলে উপাসনা করি। যে এভাবে উপাসনা করে, সে এই লোকে পূর্ণ আয়ু লাভ করে; সময়ের আগে মৃত্যু তার কাছে আসে না।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "गार्ग्य म्हणाला: छायामय असा हा जो पुरुष आहे, त्यालाच मी ब्रह्म म्हणून उपासतो. अजातशत्रू म्हणाला: याविषयी माझ्याशी बोलू नकोस. मी याला 'मृत्यू' म्हणून उपासतो. जो असा उपासना करतो त्याला या लोकात पूर्ण आयुष्य लाभते; काळाच्या आधी मृत्यू त्याच्याकडे येत नाही.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "ગાર્ગ્ય બોલ્યા: છાયામય એવા આ પુરુષને જ હું બ્રહ્મ તરીકે ઉપાસું છું. અજાતશત્રુ બોલ્યા: આ વિષે મારી સાથે વાત ન કર. હું એને 'મૃત્યુ' તરીકે ઉપાસું છું. જે આ રીતે ઉપાસના કરે છે તે આ લોકમાં સંપૂર્ણ આયુષ્ય પામે છે; સમય પહેલાં મૃત્યુ તેની પાસે આવતું નથી.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਗਾਰਗ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਛਾਂ ਦਾ ਬਣਿਆ ਇਹ ਜੋ ਪੁਰਖ ਹੈ, ਉਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਮੈਂ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਵਜੋਂ ਉਪਾਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਅਜਾਤਸ਼ਤਰੂ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਇਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਗੱਲ ਨਾ ਕਰ। ਮੈਂ ਇਸਨੂੰ 'ਮ੍ਰਿਤਯੂ' (ਮੌਤ) ਕਰਕੇ ਉਪਾਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਜੋ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਉਹ ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰੀ ਉਮਰ ਪਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ; ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਮੌਤ ਉਸ ਕੋਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਉਂਦੀ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ଗାର୍ଗ୍ୟ କହିଲେ: ଛାୟାମୟ ଏହି ପୁରୁଷଙ୍କୁ ହିଁ ମୁଁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମ ଭାବେ ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଅଜାତଶତ୍ରୁ କହିଲେ: ଏ ବିଷୟରେ ମୋ ସହିତ କଥା ନ କର। ମୁଁ ଏହାକୁ 'ମୃତ୍ୟୁ' ଭାବେ ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଯିଏ ଏହିପରି ଉପାସନା କରେ ସେ ଏ ଲୋକରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଆୟୁ ପାଏ; ସମୟ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ମୃତ୍ୟୁ ତା ନିକଟକୁ ଆସେ ନାହିଁ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "غارگیہ نے کہا: جو سایے سے بنا یہ پرش ہے، اسی کو میں برہم کے طور پر اپاسنا کرتا ہوں۔ اجات شتru نے کہا: اس بارے میں مجھ سے بات نہ کر۔ میں اسے 'مرتیو' (موت) سمجھ کر اپاسنا کرتا ہوں۔ جو اس طرح اس کی اپاسنا کرتا ہے وہ اس دنیا میں پوری عمر پاتا ہے؛ وقت سے پہلے موت اس کے پاس نہیں آتی۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Gārgya said: I worship as brahman this person made of shadow. Ajātaśatru said: Do not speak to me about this. I worship him as death (mṛtyu). Whoever worships him thus attains the full span of life in this world; death does not come to him before his time.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Gārgya dijo: Venero como brahman a este puruṣa hecho de sombra. Ajātaśatru dijo: No me hables de esto. Yo lo venero como la muerte (mṛtyu). Quien lo venera así alcanza la plena duración de la vida en este mundo; la muerte no le llega antes de su tiempo.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Gārgya dit : Je vénère comme brahman ce puruṣa fait d'ombre. Ajātaśatru dit : Ne me parle pas de cela. Je le vénère comme la mort (mṛtyu). Celui qui le vénère ainsi atteint la pleine durée de la vie en ce monde ; la mort ne vient pas à lui avant son heure.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Gārgya sprach: Ich verehre als brahman diesen Puruṣa, der aus Schatten besteht. Ajātaśatru sprach: Sprich nicht mit mir darüber. Ich verehre ihn als den Tod (mṛtyu). Wer ihn so verehrt, erreicht die volle Lebensspanne in dieser Welt; der Tod kommt nicht vor seiner Zeit zu ihm.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Gārgya disse: Venero como brahman este puruṣa feito de sombra. Ajātaśatru disse: Não fales comigo sobre isso. Eu o venero como a morte (mṛtyu). Quem o venera assim alcança a plena duração da vida neste mundo; a morte não chega até ele antes do seu tempo.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Гаргья сказал: Я почитаю как брахман этого пуруша, состоящего из тени. Аджаташатру сказал: Не говори со мной об этом. Я почитаю его как смерть (mṛtyu). Кто так почитает его, достигает полной продолжительности жизни в этом мире; смерть не приходит к нему раньше срока.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "迦尔格耶说：我把这位由影子构成的补卢沙当作梵来崇拜。阿阇世王说：不要跟我谈论这件事。我把他当作死亡（mṛtyu）来崇拜。如此崇拜他的人在此世获得完整的寿命；死亡不会在他的时限之前来到他身边。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "ガールギャは言った：影より成るこのプルシャを、私はブラフマンとして崇拝する。アジャータシャトルは言った：これについて私に話すな。私はこれを死（mṛtyu）として崇拝する。このように崇拝する者はこの世で寿命を全うし、時が来る前に死が彼に訪れることはない。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "قال غارغya: أعبد بوصفه براهمان هذا البورُشا المصنوع من الظل. قال أجاتشاترو: لا تكلمني في هذا. أنا أعبده بوصفه الموت (mṛtyu). من يعبده هكذا ينال تمام العمر في هذا العالم؛ ولا يأتيه الموت قبل أجله.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Gārgya berkata: Aku memuja sebagai brahman puruṣa yang terbuat dari bayangan ini. Ajātaśatru berkata: Jangan bicara kepadaku tentang ini. Aku memujanya sebagai kematian (mṛtyu). Siapa yang memujanya demikian mencapai usia penuh di dunia ini; kematian tidak datang kepadanya sebelum waktunya.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "คารคยะกล่าวว่า ข้าบูชาบุรุษผู้ประกอบด้วยเงานี้ว่าเป็นพรหมัน อชาตศัตรุกล่าวว่า อย่ากล่าวกับข้าเรื่องนี้ ข้าบูชาพระองค์ในฐานะมฤตยู ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์เช่นนี้ ย่อมได้อายุขัยเต็มในโลกนี้ มฤตยูจะไม่มาถึงผู้นั้นก่อนถึงกาลอันควร",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Wikisource, page “बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद् 2p” (revision 308061)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D_2p&oldid=308061"
  },
  "topics": [
    "brahman",
    "death",
    "time",
    "meditation"
  ],
  "citation": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.12. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.12/"
}