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भृगुर्वै वारुणिः। वरुणं पितरमुपससार। अधीहि भगवो ब्रह्मेति। तस्मा एतत् प्रोवाच। अन्नं प्राणं चक्षुः श्रोत्रं मनो वाचमिति।तं होवाच। यतो वा इमानि भूतानि जायन्ते।येन जातानि जीवन्ति। यत् प्रयन्त्यभिसंविशन्ति। तद्विजिज्ञासस्व। तद्‌ ब्रह्मेति।स तपोऽतप्यत। स तपस्तप्त्वा॥

bhṛgurvai vāruṇiḥ | varuṇaṁ pitaramupasasāra| adhīhi bhagavo brahmeti | tasmā etat provāca| annaṁ prāṇaṁ cakṣuḥ śrotraṁ mano vācamiti |taṁ hovāca | yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante |yena jātāni jīvanti | yat prayantyabhisaṁviśanti | tadvijijñāsasva | tad brahmeti |sa tapo'tapyata | sa tapastaptvā||

Bhrigu, Varuna's son, came unto his father Varuna and said “Lord, teach me the Eternal.” And his father declared it unto him thus “Food and Prana and Eye and Ear and Mind-even these.” Verily he said unto him “Seek thou to know that from which these creatures are born, whereby being born they live and to which they go hence and enter again; for that is the Eternal.” And Bhrigu concentrated himself in thought and by the askesis of his brooding भृगुः - bhṛguḥ - Bhrigu | वै वारुणिः - vai vāruṇiḥ - Varuna's son | भगवः - bhagavaḥ - “ Lord” | ब्रह्म अधीहि इति - brahma adhīhi iti - “ teach me the Eternal.” | पितरम् वरुणम् उपससार - pitaram varuṇam upasasāra - came unto his father Varuna and said | सः वरुणः - saḥ varuṇaḥ - Varuna, his father | एतत् प्रोवाच - etat provāca - declared it unto him thus | अन्नम् - annam - Food | प्राणम् - prāṇam - Prana | चक्षुः - cakṣuḥ - Eye | श्रोत्रम् - śrotram - Ear | मनः - manaḥ - Mind | वाचम् - vācam - Speech | च ब्रह्मत्वेन वीजानीहि इति - ca brahmatvena vījānīhi iti - Seek thou to know ? | ततः - tataḥ - verily | तम् उवाच ह - tam uvāca ha - he said unto him | यतः वै - yataḥ vai - that from which | इमानि भूतानि - imāni bhūtāni - these creatures | जायन्ते - jāyante - are born | जातानि येन - jātāni yena - whereby being | जीवन्ति - jīvanti - they live | यत् प्रयन्ति - yat prayanti - and to which they go | प्रयन् अभिसंविशन्ति - prayan abhisaṁviśanti - hence and enter again | तत् विजिज्ञासस्व - tat vijijñāsasva - seek thou to know that | तत् ब्रह्म - for that is the Eternal - tat brahma | सः - saḥ - Bhrigu | तपः अतप्यत - tapaḥ atapyata - concentrated himself in thought | सः तपः तप्त्वा - saḥ tapaḥ taptvā - by the askesis of his brooding | Bhrigu, the well-known son of Varuna, approached his father Varuna with the (formal) request, "O, revered sir, teach me Brahman". To him he (Varuna) said this: "Food, vital force, eye, ear, mind, speech - (these are the aids to knowledge of Brahman)". To him he (Varuna) said: "Crave to know that from which all these beings take birth, that by which they live after being born, that towards which they move and into which they merge. That is Brahman". He practiced concentration. He, having practiced concentration,

वरुण के पुत्र भृगु ने अपने पिता वरुण के पास जाकर यह कहा-''भगवन् मुझे 'ब्रह्म' का ज्ञान दीजिये''। उनके पिता वरुण ने उनसे इस प्रकार कहा-''अन्न, प्राण, चक्षु, श्रोत्र एवं मन-ये भी। ''उहोंने भृगु से कहा, ''ये समस्त प्राणी कहाँ से उत्पन्न होते हैं, उत्पन्न होकर ये किसके द्वारा जीवित रहते हैं तथा तत्पश्चात् ये किसमें समाविष्ट हो जाते हैं, उसे तुम जानने का प्रयास करो, क्योंकि वह ही है 'ब्रह्म'। ''तथा भृगु अपने मनन में एकाग्र हो गये तथा अपने मनन की तप-ऊर्जा से...