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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.3.5

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.5

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4.3.5

astimita āditye yājñavalkya candramasyastamite śānte'gnau kiṃjyotirevāyaṃ puruṣa iti vāgevāsya jyotirbhavatīti vācaivāyaṃ jyotiṣāste palyayate karma kurute vipalyetīti tasmādvai samrāḍapi yatra svaḥ pāṇirna vinirjñāyati atha yatra vāguccaratyupaiva tatra nyetītyevamevaitadyājñavalkya

Ganaka Vaideha said: 'When the sun has set, O Yâgñavalkya, and the moon has set, and the fire is gone out, what is then the light of man?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Sound indeed is his light; for, having sound alone for his light, man sits, moves about, does his work, and returns. Therefore, O King, when one cannot see even one's own hand, yet when a sound is raised, one goes towards it.'
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'So indeed it is, O Yâgñavalkya.'

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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