{
  "id": "upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.3",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.3/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "brihadaranyaka.4.5.3",
  "speaker": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Maitreyī to Yājñavalkya",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "सा होवाच मैत्रेयी\nयन्नु म इयं भगोः सर्वा पृथिवी वित्तेन पूर्णा स्यात्स्यां न्वहं तेनामृताहो३ नेति ।\nनेति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः ।\nयथैवोपकरणवतां जीवितम् ।\nतथैव ते जीवितं स्यात् ।\nअमृतत्वस्य तु नाशास्ति वित्तेनेति ॥ ४.५.३ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sā hovāca maitreyī\nyannu ma iyaṃ bhagoḥ sarvā pṛthivī vittena pūrṇā syātsyāṃ nvahaṃ tenāmṛtāho3 neti |\nneti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ |\nyathaivopakaraṇavatāṃ jīvitam |\ntathaiva te jīvitaṃ syāt |\namṛtatvasya tu nāśāsti vitteneti || 4.5.3 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "sā",
      "meaning": "she",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "maitreyī",
      "meaning": "Maitreyī",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yat",
      "meaning": "if",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nu",
      "meaning": "then",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "me",
      "meaning": "to me",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iyam",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhagoḥ",
      "meaning": "O revered one",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sarvā",
      "meaning": "entire",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pṛthivī",
      "meaning": "earth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vittena",
      "meaning": "with wealth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pūrṇā",
      "meaning": "filled",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "syāt",
      "meaning": "would be",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "syām",
      "meaning": "might become",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nu",
      "meaning": "then",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aham",
      "meaning": "I",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tena",
      "meaning": "by that",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "amṛtā",
      "meaning": "immortal",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aho",
      "meaning": "ah",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yājñavalkyaḥ",
      "meaning": "Yājñavalkya",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yathā",
      "meaning": "just as",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upakaraṇa-vatām",
      "meaning": "of those with possessions",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "jīvitam",
      "meaning": "life",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tathā",
      "meaning": "so",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "te",
      "meaning": "your",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "jīvitam",
      "meaning": "life",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "syāt",
      "meaning": "would be",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "amṛtatvasya",
      "meaning": "of immortality",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tu",
      "meaning": "but",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "no",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āśā",
      "meaning": "hope",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asti",
      "meaning": "is",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vittena",
      "meaning": "through wealth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "मैत्रेयी ने कहा: \"भगवन्, यदि यह समूची पृथ्वी धन से भरी हो, तो क्या उस धन से मैं अमर हो जाऊँगी?\" याज्ञवल्क्य ने कहा: \"नहीं।\" जैसे धनवानों का जीवन होता है, वैसा ही तुम्हारा जीवन होगा। किंतु धन से अमृतत्व की कोई आशा नहीं है।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "மைத்ரேயி கூறினாள்: \"ஐயா, இந்த முழு பூமியும் செல்வத்தால் நிரம்பியிருந்தால், அந்தச் செல்வத்தால் நான் அமரியாவேனோ?\" யாஜ்ஞவல்கியர் கூறினார்: \"இல்லை.\" செல்வமுடையவர்களின் வாழ்க்கை போலவே உன் வாழ்க்கையும் இருக்கும். ஆனால் செல்வத்தால் அமிருதத்துவத்தில் நம்பிக்கை இல்லை.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "మైత్రేయి అన్నది: \"అయ్యా, ఈ సమస్త భూమి ధనంతో నిండి ఉంటే, ఆ ధనంతో నేను అమరురాలిని అవుతానా?\" యాజ్ఞవల్క్యుడు అన్నాడు: \"కాదు.\" ధనవంతుల జీవితం ఎలా ఉంటుందో అలాగే నీ జీవితం ఉంటుంది. కానీ ధనంతో అమృతత్వానికి ఆశ లేదు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಮೈತ್ರೇಯೀ ಹೇಳಿದಳು: \"ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಈ ಇಡೀ ಭೂಮಿಯು ಸಂಪತ್ತಿನಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದ್ದರೆ, ಆ ಸಂಪತ್ತಿನಿಂದ ನಾನು ಅಮರಳಾಗುವೆನೇ?\" ಯಾಜ್ಞವಲ್ಕ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು: \"ಇಲ್ಲ.\" ಸಂಪತ್ತುಳ್ಳವರ ಜೀವನದಂತೆಯೇ ನಿನ್ನ ಜೀವನವೂ ಇರುವುದು. ಆದರೆ ಸಂಪತ್ತಿನಿಂದ ಅಮೃತತ್ವದ ಆಶೆ ಇಲ್ಲ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "മൈത്രേയി പറഞ്ഞു: \"ഭഗവാനേ, ഈ മുഴുവൻ ഭൂമിയും സമ്പത്തുകൊണ്ട് നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നാൽ, ആ സമ്പത്തുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ അമൃതയാകുമോ?\" യാജ്ഞവൽക്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു: \"ഇല്ല.\" സമ്പത്തുള്ളവരുടെ ജീവിതം പോലെയാകും നിന്റെ ജീവിതവും. എന്നാൽ സമ്പത്തിനാൽ അമൃതത്വത്തിന് പ്രതീക്ഷയില്ല.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "মৈত্রেয়ী বললেন: \"ভগবান, এই সমগ্র পৃথিবী যদি ধনে পূর্ণ হয়, তবে সেই ধনে কি আমি অমর হব?\" যাজ্ঞবল্ক্য বললেন: \"না।\" ধনবানদের জীবন যেমন, তোমার জীবনও তেমনই হবে। কিন্তু ধনে অমৃতত্বের কোনো আশা নেই।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "मैत्रेयी म्हणाली: \"भगवन्, ही सर्व पृथ्वी जर धनाने भरलेली असेल, तर त्या धनाने मी अमर होईन का?\" याज्ञवल्क्य म्हणाले: \"नाही.\" धनवानांचे जीवन जसे असते तसेच तुझे जीवन होईल. पण धनाने अमृतत्वाची आशा नाही.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "મૈત્રેયીએ કહ્યું: \"ભગવન્, જો આખી પૃથ્વી ધનથી ભરેલી હોય, તો શું તે ધનથી હું અમર થઈશ?\" યાજ્ઞવલ્ક્યે કહ્યું: \"ના.\" ધનવાનોનું જીવન જેવું હોય તેવું તારું જીવન થશે. પરંતુ ધનથી અમૃતત્વની કોઈ આશા નથી.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਮੈਤ੍ਰੇਯੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: \"ਭਗਵਨ, ਜੇ ਇਹ ਸਾਰੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਧਨ ਨਾਲ ਭਰੀ ਹੋਵੇ, ਤਾਂ ਕੀ ਉਸ ਧਨ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਅਮਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਵਾਂਗੀ?\" ਯਾਜ੍ਞਵਲਕ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: \"ਨਹੀਂ।\" ਧਨਵਾਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਹੀ ਤੇਰਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ। ਪਰ ਧਨ ਨਾਲ ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤਤਵ ਦੀ ਕੋਈ ਆਸ ਨਹੀਂ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ମୈତ୍ରେୟୀ କହିଲେ: \"ହେ ଭଗବନ୍, ଏହି ସମଗ୍ର ପୃଥିବୀ ଯଦି ଧନରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୁଏ, ତେବେ ସେହି ଧନରେ ମୁଁ ଅମର ହେବି କି?\" ଯାଜ୍ଞବଲ୍ଦ୍ୟ କହିଲେ: \"ନା।\" ଧନବାନମାନଙ୍କ ଜୀବନ ଯେପରି, ତୋର ଜୀବନ ସେପରି ହେବ। କିନ୍ତୁ ଧନରେ ଅମୃତତ୍ୱର କୌଣସି ଆଶା ନାହିଁ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "مَیتریئی نے کہا: \"بھگوان، اگر یہ ساری زمین دولت سے بھری ہو، تو کیا اس دولت سے میں امر ہو جاؤں گی؟\" یاجنوَلکیہ نے کہا: \"نہیں۔\" جیسا دولت مندوں کا جینا ہوتا ہے، ویسا ہی تیرا جینا ہو گا۔ لیکن دولت سے امرت پن کی کوئی امید نہیں۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Maitreyī said: \"Sir, if this whole earth were filled with wealth, would I become immortal by that wealth?\" Yājñavalkya said: \"No.\" Your life would be just like the life of those who have possessions. But there is no hope of immortality through wealth.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Maitreyī dijo: \"Señor, si toda esta tierra estuviera llena de riquezas, ¿me volvería inmortal por esa riqueza?\" Yājñavalkya dijo: \"No.\" Tu vida sería como la vida de quienes poseen bienes. Pero no hay esperanza de inmortalidad mediante la riqueza.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Maitreyī dit : « Seigneur, si toute cette terre était remplie de richesses, deviendrais-je immortelle grâce à cette richesse ? » Yājñavalkya dit : « Non. » Ta vie serait comme celle de ceux qui possèdent des biens. Mais il n'y a aucun espoir d'immortalité par la richesse.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Maitreyī sprach: \"Herr, wenn diese ganze Erde mit Reichtum gefüllt wäre, würde ich durch diesen Reichtum unsterblich?\" Yājñavalkya sprach: \"Nein.\" Dein Leben wäre wie das Leben derer, die Besitz haben. Aber es gibt keine Hoffnung auf Unsterblichkeit durch Reichtum.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Maitreyī disse: \"Senhor, se toda esta terra estivesse cheia de riquezas, eu me tornaria imortal por essa riqueza?\" Yājñavalkya disse: \"Não.\" Tua vida seria como a vida dos que possuem bens. Mas não há esperança de imortalidade pela riqueza.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Майтрейи сказала: «Господин, если бы вся эта земля была полна богатства, стала бы я бессмертной благодаря этому богатству?» Яджнавалкья сказал: «Нет.» Твоя жизнь была бы такой же, как жизнь обладающих имуществом. Но надежды на бессмертие через богатство нет.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "弥特丽说：「尊师啊，若整个大地都充满财富，我会因这财富而不死吗？」耶若那婆底迦说：「不会。」你的生活会像那些拥有财产之人的生活一样。但通过财富获得不死，没有希望。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "マイトレーイーは言った。「尊師よ、もしこの大地全体が富で満たされていたら、その富によって私は不死になれるのでしょうか。」ヤージュニャヴァルキヤは言った。「いや、なれない。」お前の生は、財産を持つ者たちの生と同じようになるだろう。しかし富によって不死を得る望みはない。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "قالت مَيتريي: «يا سيدي، لو امتلأت هذه الأرض كلها بالثروة، فهل أصبح خالدة بتلك الثروة؟» قال ياجنافالكيا: «لا.» ستكون حياتك كحياة ذوي الممتلكات، ولكن لا أمل في الخلود بالثروة.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Maitreyī berkata: \"Tuan, jika seluruh bumi ini penuh dengan harta, apakah aku menjadi abadi karena harta itu?\" Yājñavalkya berkata: \"Tidak.\" Hidupmu akan seperti hidup orang-orang yang memiliki harta. Tetapi tidak ada harapan untuk keabadian melalui harta.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ไมเตรยีกล่าวว่า ท่านผู้เจริญ ถ้าแผ่นดินทั้งผืนนี้เต็มไปด้วยทรัพย์ ดิฉันจะเป็นอมตะด้วยทรัพย์นั้นหรือไม่ ยาชญวัลกยะกล่าวว่า ไม่ได้ ชีวิตของเธอจะเป็นเช่นเดียวกับชีวิตของผู้มีสิ่งของทั้งหลาย ไม่มีความหวังที่จะเป็นอมตะด้วยทรัพย์",
      "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": [
    "maitreyi",
    "wealth",
    "immortality",
    "yajnavalkya"
  ],
  "citation": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.3. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.3/"
}