{
  "id": "upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.8",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.8/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "brihadaranyaka.4.5.8",
  "speaker": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Yājñavalkya to Maitreyī",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स यथा दुन्दुभेर्हन्यमानस्य न बाह्याञ्छब्दाञ्छक्नुयाद्ग्रहणाय ।\nदुन्दुभेस्तु ग्रहणेन दुन्दुभ्याघातस्य वा शब्दो गृहीतः ॥ ४.५.८ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa yathā dundubherhanyamānasya na bāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyādgrahaṇāya |\ndundubhestu grahaṇena dundubhyāghātasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ || 4.5.8 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "that one (the self)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yathā",
      "meaning": "just as",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dundubheḥ",
      "meaning": "of a drum",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "hanyamānasya",
      "meaning": "being struck",
      "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": "dundubheḥ",
      "meaning": "of the drum",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tu",
      "meaning": "but",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "grahaṇena",
      "meaning": "by the grasping",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dundubhyā",
      "meaning": "of the drum",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "āghātasya",
      "meaning": "of the striking",
      "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 पीटे जाते हुए दुन्दुभि के बाहरी शब्दों को पकड़ने में समर्थ नहीं होता, परंतु दुन्दुभि के ग्रहण से, या दुन्दुभि के आघात 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": "முழக்கப்படும் துந்துபியின் வெளிப்புற ஒலிகளை எவ்வாறு பற்ற இயலாதோ, ஆனால் துந்துபியைப் பற்றுவதால், அல்லது துந்துபியின் அடியின் 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": "కొట్టబడుతున్న దుందుభి యొక్క బయటి శబ్దాలను పట్టుకోలేనట్లే, కానీ దుందుభిని పట్టుకోవడం వలన, లేదా దుందుభి దెబ్బ 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": "ಬಡಿಯಲ್ಪಡುವ ದುಂದುಭಿಯ ಹೊರಗಿನ ಶಬ್ದಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದಂತೆ, ಆದರೆ ದುಂದುಭಿಯನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದರಿಂದ, ಅಥವಾ ದುಂದುಭಿಯ ಹೊಡೆತದ ಶಬ್ದವನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದರಿಂದ ಆ ಶಬ್ದ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "അടിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ദുന്ദുഭിയുടെ പുറമേയുള്ള ശബ്ദങ്ങളെ ഗ്രഹിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്തതുപോലെ, എന്നാൽ ദുന്ദുഭിയെ ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെയോ, ദുന്ദുഭിയുടെ അടിയുടെ ശബ്ദത്തെ ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെയോ ആ ശബ്ദം ഗൃഹീതമാകുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "আঘাত করা হলে দুন্দুভির বাইরের শব্দগুলি ধরতে যেমন পারা যায় না, কিন্তু দুন্দুভিকে ধরলে, অথবা দুন্দুভির আঘাতের 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 दुंदुभीच्या बाह्य ध्वनींना पकडता येत नाही, परंतु दुंदुभीला पकडल्याने किंवा दुंदुभीच्या आघाताचा 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": "વાગતી દુંદુભિના બાહ્ય શબ્દોને પકડી શકાતા નથી, પરંતુ દુંદુભિને પકડવાથી, અથવા દુંદુભિના આઘાતના 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": "ਵੱਜਦੀ ਦੁੰਦੁਭੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਬਾਹਰੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫੜ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦਾ, ਪਰ ਦੁੰਦੁਭੀ ਨੂੰ ਫੜਨ ਨਾਲ, ਜਾਂ ਦੁੰਦੁਭੀ ਦੀ ਚੋਟ 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": "ବାଜୁଥିବା ଦୁନ୍ଦୁଭିର ବାହ୍ୟ ଶବ୍ଦ ଧରିବାକୁ ଯେପରି ସକ୍ଷମ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ, କିନ୍ତୁ ଦୁନ୍ଦୁଭିକୁ ଧରିବାରୁ, କିମ୍ବା ଦୁନ୍ଦୁଭିର ଆଘାତର 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 بجائے جانے والے دندبھی کی بیرونی آوازوں کو پکڑنے کی طاقت نہیں ہوتی، لیکن دندبھی کو پکڑنے سے، یا دندبھی کی ضرب 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 struck drum, yet by grasping the drum itself, or the sound of its striking, 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 un tambor golpeado, pero al captar el tambor mismo, o el sonido de su golpe, 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'un tambour frappé, mais qu'en saisissant le tambour lui-même, ou le son de son coup, 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 geschlagenen Trommel nicht erfassen kann, durch das Erfassen der Trommel selbst oder des Klanges ihres Schlags 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 um tambor golpeado, mas ao captar o próprio tambor, ou o som de sua batida, 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 бьющего в барабан, но уловив сам барабан или звук его удара, 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": "譬如鼓被击打时，无法单独捕捉外在的各种声音，但若捕捉到鼓本身，或捕捉到击鼓之声，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": "打たれている太鼓の外側の音を捉えることはできないが、太鼓そのもの、あるいは打撃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 لطبل يُضرب، بل يدرك الطبل نفسه أو صوت ضربه، 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 genderang yang dipukul, namun dengan menangkap genderang itu sendiri, atau bunyi pukulannya, 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": "เปรียบเหมือนเมื่อกลองถูกตี ผู้ที่ไม่อาจจับเสียงภายนอกได้ แต่เมื่อจับตัวกลองหรือเสียงของการตีกลองได้ 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 4.5.8. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.8/"
}