Part 2
He by whom Brahman, Consciousness is not known, to him It is Known; he by whom It is known, to him It is not known. Brahman or Consciousness is unknown to those who know It well; Brahman or Consciousness is Known to those who do not know It.
He who thinks he knows It not, knows It, the Consciousness. He who thinks he knows It, the Consciousness, knows It not. The true knowers think they can never know the Consciousness because of Its infinity and eternity , while the ignorant think they know the Consciousness, using the limited objects of mind and its modifications.
self; vindate: experiences; amṛtam: nectar of immortality, deathlessness, oneness with brahman
ब्रह्म ह देवेभ्यो विजिग्ये तस्य ह ब्रह्मणो विजये देवा अमहीयन्त। त ऐ क्षन्तास्माकमेवायं विजयोऽस्माकमेवायं महिमेति॥ १॥ x brahma ha devebhyo vijigye tasya ha brahmaṇo vijaye devā amahīyanta। ta aikṣantāsmākamevāyaṁ vijayo'smākamevāyaṁ mahimeti ॥ 1॥
tat: that; ha: then; eṣāṁ: their; vijājñau: knew, understood; tebhyaḥ: to them; ha: indeed; prādurbabhūva: appeared, manifested; tat (tan): that; na: not; verse vyajānat: know, understand; kim: what; idaṁ: this; yakṣam: divine, wonderful being, spirit; iti: thus.
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tat: to that; abhyadravat: hastened, run towards; tam: him; abhyavadat: asked; kaḥ: who; asi: are you; iti: thus; agnir (agniḥ): fire; vai: verily; aham: I; asmi: verse am; itya (iti): am; abravīt: said; jātavedā: agni, knower of all that is created; vāi: known; aham: I; asmi: am; iti: so
tasmin: in; tvayi: you; kiṁ: what; vīryam: power; iti: thus; api: also; idaṁ: this; sarvaṁ: all, everything; daheyaṁ: I can burn; yat: whatever; idaṁ: this; verse pṛthivyām: on earth; iti: so (he said)
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atha: then; vāyum: to vāyu, wind god; abruvan: (gods) said; vāyo: O Vāyu (lit. one that moves); etat: this; vijānīhi: find out thoroughly; kim: what; etat: this; verse yakṣam: divine, celestial being; iti: thus; tathā iti: yes, so be it, agreed
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tasmiṇ: It being so; tvayi: in you (of such fame); kiṁ: what; vīryam: power; iti: thus; api: indeed; idaṁ: this; sarvam: all, everything; ādadīya: I can take up, verse blow away; yat: what, whatever; idaṁ: this, there is; pṛthivyām: on earth; iti: so, thus (he replied)
अथेन्द्रमब्रुवन्मघवन्नेतद्विजानीहि किमेतद्यक्षमिति तथेति तदभ्यद्रवत्तस्मात्तिरोदधे ॥ ११ ॥ x a t h a - i n d r a m - a b r u v a n maghavann-etad-vijānīhi kimetad-yakṣamiti tatheti tadabhyadravat tasmāt-tirodadhe
॥ 11 ॥