Dahara Vidya

Mantra 8.1.1: The Location of the Meditation

Verse 8.1.1.1

Sanskrit

अथ यदिदमस्मिन् ब्रह्मपुरे दहरं पुण्डरीकं वेश्म दहरोऽस्मिन्नन्तराकाशस्तस्मिन्यदन्तः तदन्वेष्टव्यं तद्वाव विजिज्ञासितव्यमिति ॥

Word-by-Word

अथ (Now) | यदिदम् (that which is) | अस्मिन् (in this) | ब्रह्मपुरे (city of Brahman/body) | दहरं (small) | पुण्डरीकं (lotus) | वेश्म (dwelling/house) | दहरः (small) | अस्मिन् (in this) | अन्तराकाशः (inner space) | तस्मिन् (in that) | यद् (what) | अन्तः (inside) | तद् (that) | अन्वेष्टव्यं (should be searched) | तद् वाव (that indeed) | विजिज्ञासितव्यम् (should be desired to be known).

Translation

In this city of Brahman (the body), there is a small lotus-like dwelling, and within that is a small internal space; what dwells within that must be sought after and realized.

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Mantra 8.1.3: The Infinity of the Inner Space

Verse 8.1.3.1

Sanskrit

यावान्वा अयमाकाशस्तावानेषोऽन्तर्हृदय अकाश उभे अस्मिन्द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरेव समाहिते उभावग्निश्च वायुश्च सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ विद्युन्नक्षत्राणि यच्चास्येहास्ति यच्च नास्ति सर्वं तदस्मिन्समाहितमिति ॥

Word-by-Word

यावान् (As much as) | वै (indeed) | अयम् (this) | आकाशः (external space) | तावान् (so much) | एषः (this) | अन्तर्हृदय (inside the heart) | आकाशः (space) | उभे (both) | अस्मिन् (in this) | द्यावापृथिवी (heaven and earth) | अन्तः (inside) | एव (certainly) | समाहिते (are contained/established).

Translation

As vast as this external space is, so vast is the space within the heart; within it are contained both heaven and earth, fire and air, sun and moon, lightning and stars—all that belongs to him here and all that does not belong to him—everything is contained within it.

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Related

• Gita Verse 18.61 — ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।

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Reference: Chandogya Upanishad