{
  "id": "upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.10",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.10/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "brihadaranyaka.4.5.10",
  "speaker": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Yājñavalkya to Maitreyī",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स यथा वीणायै वाद्यमानायै न बाह्याञ्छब्दाञ्छक्नुयाद्ग्रहणाय ।\nवीणायै तु ग्रहणेन वीणावादस्य वा शब्दो ग्र्हीतः ॥ ४.५.१० ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa yathā vīṇāyai vādyamānāyai na bāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyādgrahaṇāya |\nvīṇāyai tu grahaṇena vīṇāvādasya vā śabdo grhītaḥ || 4.5.10 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "that one (the self)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yathā",
      "meaning": "just as",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vīṇāyai",
      "meaning": "of a lute",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vādyamānāyai",
      "meaning": "being played",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bāhyān",
      "meaning": "external",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "śabdān",
      "meaning": "sounds",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "śaknuyāt",
      "meaning": "is able",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "grahaṇāya",
      "meaning": "to grasp",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vīṇāyai",
      "meaning": "of the lute",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tu",
      "meaning": "but",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "grahaṇena",
      "meaning": "by the grasping",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vīṇāvādasya",
      "meaning": "of the lute-playing",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vā",
      "meaning": "or",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "śabdaḥ",
      "meaning": "sound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "gṛhītaḥ",
      "meaning": "is grasped",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "जैसे बजाई जाती हुई वीणा के बाहरी शब्दों को पकड़ने में समर्थ नहीं होता, परंतु वीणा के ग्रहण से, या वीणा-वादन के शब्द के ग्रहण से, वह शब्द गृहीत हो जाता है।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "வாசிக்கப்படும் வீணையின் வெளிப்புற ஒலிகளை எவ்வாறு பற்ற இயலாதோ, ஆனால் வீணையைப் பற்றுவதால், அல்லது வீணை வாசிப்பின் ஒலியைப் பற்றுவதால் அந்த ஒலி பற்றப்படுகிறதோ, அவ்வாறே.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "వాయించబడుతున్న వీణ యొక్క బయటి శబ్దాలను పట్టుకోలేనట్లే, కానీ వీణను పట్టుకోవడం వలన, లేదా వీణావాదన శబ్దాన్ని పట్టుకోవడం వలన ఆ శబ్దం గ్రహింపబడుతుంది.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ನುಡಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವ ವೀಣೆಯ ಹೊರಗಿನ ಶಬ್ದಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದಂತೆ, ಆದರೆ ವೀಣೆಯನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದರಿಂದ, ಅಥವಾ ವೀಣಾವಾದನದ ಶಬ್ದವನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದರಿಂದ ಆ ಶಬ್ದ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "വായിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന വീണയുടെ പുറമേയുള്ള ശബ്ദങ്ങളെ ഗ്രഹിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്തതുപോലെ, എന്നാൽ വീണയെ ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെയോ, വീണാവാദനത്തിന്റെ ശബ്ദത്തെ ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെയോ ആ ശബ്ദം ഗൃഹീതമാകുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "বাজানো বীণার বাইরের শব্দগুলি ধরতে যেমন পারা যায় না, কিন্তু বীণাকে ধরলে, অথবা বীণাবাদনের শব্দকে ধরলে সেই শব্দ গৃহীত হয়।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "वाजविल्या जाणाऱ्या वीणेच्या बाह्य ध्वनींना पकडता येत नाही, परंतु वीणेला पकडल्याने किंवा वीणावादनाचा ध्वनी पकडल्याने तो ध्वनी गृहीत होतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "વગાડાતી વીણાના બાહ્ય શબ્દોને પકડી શકાતા નથી, પરંતુ વીણાને પકડવાથી, અથવા વીણાવાદનના શબ્દને પકડવાથી તે શબ્દ ગ્રહણ થાય છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਵਜਾਈ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਵੀਣਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਬਾਹਰੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫੜ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦਾ, ਪਰ ਵੀਣਾ ਨੂੰ ਫੜਨ ਨਾਲ, ਜਾਂ ਵੀਣਾ-ਵਾਦਨ ਦੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਫੜਨ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ବଜାଯାଉଥିବା ବୀଣାର ବାହ୍ୟ ଶବ୍ଦ ଧରିବାକୁ ଯେପରି ସକ୍ଷମ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ, କିନ୍ତୁ ବୀଣାକୁ ଧରିବାରୁ, କିମ୍ବା ବୀଣାବାଦନର ଶବ୍ଦକୁ ଧରିବାରୁ ସେ ଶବ୍ଦ ଗୃହୀତ ହୁଏ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "جیسے بجائی جانے والی وینا کی بیرونی آوازوں کو پکڑنے کی طاقت نہیں ہوتی، لیکن وینا کو پکڑنے سے، یا وینا بجانے کی آواز کو پکڑنے سے وہ آواز پکڑی جاتی ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Just as one who is unable to grasp the external sounds of a played lute, yet by grasping the lute itself, or the sound of its playing, the sound is grasped — so the self (ātman) is known through its underlying reality, not through the separate external sounds.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Así como uno no puede captar los sonidos externos de una vīṇā tocada, pero al captar la vīṇā misma, o el sonido de su interpretación, el sonido es captado; así el ātman se conoce por su realidad subyacente, no por los sonidos externos separados.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "De même que l'on ne peut saisir les sons extérieurs d'une vīṇā jouée, mais qu'en saisissant la vīṇā elle-même, ou le son de son jeu, le son est saisi ; ainsi l'ātman se connaît par sa réalité sous-jacente, non par les sons extérieurs séparés.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "So wie man die äußeren Klänge einer gespielten Vīṇā nicht erfassen kann, durch das Erfassen der Vīṇā selbst oder des Klanges ihres Spiels aber der Klang erfasst wird, so wird der Ātman durch seine zugrunde liegende Wirklichkeit erkannt, nicht durch die getrennten äußeren Klänge.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Assim como não se pode captar os sons externos de uma vīṇā tocada, mas ao captar a própria vīṇā, ou o som de sua execução, o som é captado; assim o ātman se conhece por sua realidade subjacente, não pelos sons externos separados.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Подобно тому, как нельзя уловить внешние звуки играемой вины, но уловив саму вину или звук её игры, звук улавливается — так ātman познаётся через свою лежащую в основе реальность, а не через отдельные внешние звуки.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "譬如琵琶（vīṇā）被弹奏时，无法单独捕捉外在的各种声音，但若捕捉到琵琶本身，或捕捉到弹奏之声，声音便被把握。同样，自我（ātman）是通过其根本实在而被认识，而非通过各自分离的外在声音。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "奏でられているヴィーナーの外側の音を捉えることはできないが、ヴィーナーそのもの、あるいは演奏の音を捉えることによって、その音が捉えられるように、自己（ātman）は外的で個別の音によってではなく、その根底にある実在によって知られる。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "كما أن من لا يستطيع أن يدرك الأصوات الخارجية لعود يُعزف، بل يدرك العود نفسه أو صوت عزفه، فيُدرك الصوت، هكذا يُعرف الآتمان بحقيقته الكامنة لا بالأصوات الخارجية المتفرقة.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Seperti orang yang tidak mampu menangkap bunyi-bunyi luar dari kecapi yang dimainkan, namun dengan menangkap kecapi itu sendiri, atau bunyi permainannya, maka bunyi itu tertangkap; demikianlah ātman dikenal melalui realitas yang mendasarinya, bukan melalui bunyi-bunyi luar yang terpisah.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "เปรียบเหมือนเมื่อพิณถูกดีด ผู้ที่ไม่อาจจับเสียงภายนอกได้ แต่เมื่อจับตัวพิณหรือเสียงของการดีดพิณได้ เสียงนั้นก็ถูกจับได้ ดังนั้น อาตมันย่อมถูกรู้ด้วยความจริงที่อยู่เบื้องหลัง มิใช่ด้วยเสียงภายนอกที่แยกจากกัน",
      "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 4p” (revision 324841)",
    "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_4p&oldid=324841"
  },
  "topics": [
    "sound",
    "atman",
    "analogy",
    "knowledge"
  ],
  "citation": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.10. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.10/"
}