{
  "id": "upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.9",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.9/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "brihadaranyaka.4.5.9",
  "speaker": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Yājñavalkya to Maitreyī",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स यथा शङ्खस्य ध्मायमानस्य न बाह्याञ्छब्दाञ्छक्नुयाद्ग्रहणाय ।\nशङ्खस्य तु ग्रहणेन शङ्खध्मस्य वा शब्दो गृहीतः ॥ ४.५.९ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa yathā śaṅkhasya dhmāyamānasya na bāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyādgrahaṇāya |\nśaṅkhasya tu grahaṇena śaṅkhadhmasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ || 4.5.9 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "that one (the self)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yathā",
      "meaning": "just as",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "śaṅkhasya",
      "meaning": "of a conch",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dhmāyamānasya",
      "meaning": "being blown",
      "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": "śaṅkhasya",
      "meaning": "of the conch",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tu",
      "meaning": "but",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "grahaṇena",
      "meaning": "by the grasping",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "śaṅkhadhmasya",
      "meaning": "of the conch-blowing",
      "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 फूँके जाते हुए शंख के बाहरी शब्दों को पकड़ने में समर्थ नहीं होता, परंतु शंख के ग्रहण से, या शंख फूँकने वाले 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": "ஊதப்படும் சங்கின் வெளிப்புற ஒலிகளை எவ்வாறு பற்ற இயலாதோ, ஆனால் சங்கைப் பற்றுவதால், அல்லது சங்கை ஊதுபவரின் 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": "ఊదబడుతున్న శంఖం యొక్క బయటి శబ్దాలను పట్టుకోలేనట్లే, కానీ శంఖాన్ని పట్టుకోవడం వలన, లేదా శంఖాన్ని ఊదేవాని 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": "ಊದಲ್ಪಡುವ ಶಂಖದ ಹೊರಗಿನ ಶಬ್ದಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದಂತೆ, ಆದರೆ ಶಂಖವನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದರಿಂದ, ಅಥವಾ ಶಂಖವನ್ನು ಊದುವವನ ಶಬ್ದವನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದರಿಂದ ಆ ಶಬ್ದ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ഊതപ്പെടുന്ന ശംഖിന്റെ പുറമേയുള്ള ശബ്ദങ്ങളെ ഗ്രഹിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്തതുപോലെ, എന്നാൽ ശംഖിനെ ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെയോ, ശംഖൂതുന്നതിന്റെ ശബ്ദത്തെ ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെയോ ആ ശബ്ദം ഗൃഹീതമാകുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "ফুঁ দেওয়া শঙ্খের বাইরের শব্দগুলি ধরতে যেমন পারা যায় না, কিন্তু শঙ্খকে ধরলে, অথবা শঙ্খ বাজানোর 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": "फुंकल्या जाणाऱ्या शंखाच्या बाह्य ध्वनींना पकडता येत नाही, परंतु शंखाला पकडल्याने किंवा शंख फुंकणाऱ्याचा 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": "ફૂંકાતા શંખના બાહ્ય શબ્દોને પકડી શકાતા નથી, પરંતુ શંખને પકડવાથી, અથવા શંખ ફૂંકવાના 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": "ਵੱਜਦੇ ਸੰਖ ਦੀਆਂ ਬਾਹਰੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫੜ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦਾ, ਪਰ ਸੰਖ ਨੂੰ ਫੜਨ ਨਾਲ, ਜਾਂ ਸੰਖ ਫੂਕਣ ਵਾਲੇ 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": "ଫୁଙ୍କାଯାଉଥିବା ଶଙ୍ଖର ବାହ୍ୟ ଶବ୍ଦ ଧରିବାକୁ ଯେପରି ସକ୍ଷମ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ, କିନ୍ତୁ ଶଙ୍ଖକୁ ଧରିବାରୁ, କିମ୍ବା ଶଙ୍ଖ ଫୁଙ୍କୁଥିବାର 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 پھونکے جانے والے شنکھ کی بیرونی آوازوں کو پکڑنے کی طاقت نہیں ہوتی، لیکن شنکھ کو پکڑنے سے، یا شنکھ پھونکنے والے 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 blown conch, yet by grasping the conch itself, or the sound of its blowing, 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 caracola soplada, pero al captar la caracola misma, o el sonido de su soplido, 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 conque soufflée, mais qu'en saisissant la conque elle-même, ou le son de son soufflement, 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 geblasenen Muschel nicht erfassen kann, durch das Erfassen der Muschel selbst oder des Klanges ihres Blasens 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 concha soprada, mas ao captar a própria concha, ou o som de seu sopro, 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 дующего в раковину, но уловив саму раковину или звук её дуновения, 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": "譬如海螺被吹奏时，无法单独捕捉外在的各种声音，但若捕捉到海螺本身，或捕捉到吹螺之声，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": "吹かれている法螺貝の外側の音を捉えることはできないが、法螺貝そのもの、あるいは吹く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 لصدفة تُنفخ، بل يدرك الصدفة نفسها أو صوت نفخها، 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 kerang yang ditiup, namun dengan menangkap kerang itu sendiri, atau bunyi tiupannya, 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": "เปรียบเหมือนเมื่อสังข์ถูกเป่า ผู้ที่ไม่อาจจับเสียงภายนอกได้ แต่เมื่อจับตัวสังข์หรือเสียงของการเป่าสังข์ได้ 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 4.5.9. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.9/"
}