Chandodarshanam

SR No.: 023462
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Daivarata Rshi, Ganpatimuni
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 524
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 39 MB

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छन्दोदर्शनम
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Therefore, they are Asvins (the root 'as' to pervade ). They are one, and equally pervasive. They two are Purushas (Puru+shas), as they are in all living beings, as life-force and as power of mind. They are twin Asvins by name. They are truly twins and are truthful. Yåska says in this connection : “The truthful alone are Nasatyas, so says Aurnavabha. They are leaders of the Truth, so says Agrāyana, or they were born from the nose (i.e. Prana and Apana)" (Nir. VI-13-1). "Absence of truth is asatya : absence of untruth is nāsatya, is the derivation. Likewise, the two Asvins pervade the whole universe, one by the essence and the other by light” (Nir. XII-1-3). Aśvins are so by aśvas, the fast-going rays, so says
Aurnavabha. “Who are those Asvins ? Some say the sky and the earth. Some others say, they are day and night. Some else say, They are the sun and the moon. The historians say, They are the two meritorious kings" (Nir. XII-18). The Chhando Darsana also proves that Agni and Soma, Indra and Soma and Indra and Agni are the Asvins. May these two, being light and essence, bless this universe of theirs.
नवमी ऋक् । अग्नायी वाक् सत्याऽक्षरा ब्रह्म साक्षात् सोम आत्मेन्द्रः पूरुषो ब्रह्म परम् ॥ समिथुनं प्रत्नं समानं तदेक
तत् परमं ज्योतिर्विश्वस्य दर्शयत् ॥ ९॥ पदपाठः - अनायीं'। वाक् । सत्या । अक्षरा । ब्रह्म । साक्षात् ।
सोमः । आत्मा । इन्द्रः । पुरुषः । ब्रह्म । परम् ॥ सत् । मिथुनम् । प्रत्नम् । समानम् । तम् । एकम् । तत् । परमम् । ज्योतिः। विश्वस्य । दर्शयत् ॥
Vak is the power of Agni, is truth, is indestructible and is Brahma itself. Soma is the soul, Indra, Purusha, and the supreme Brahma. These two an eternal pair. They are equal in all respects, so they are one. The pair is that light par excellence which illumines the universe.
अन्वयभाष्यम्। अग्नायी अग्ने: शक्तिरूपा तत्सती वाक् वाचकसत्त्वात्मिका सत्या सत्यवस्तुना वाच्यार्थरूपेण परेण सह तादात्म्येन नित्यसिद्धत्वात्, अक्षरा क्षयविकारादिरहितत्वात्