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ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।

ṛiṣhibhir bahudhā gītaṁ chhandobhir vividhaiḥ pṛithak brahma-sūtra-padaiśh chaiva hetumadbhir viniśhchitaiḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 13, Verse 5
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Sages have sung in many ways, with various distinctive chants and also with suggestive words indicative of the Absolute, full of reasoning and decisive.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the field is composed of the five great elements, ego, intellect, the unmanifest, the ten senses and the mind, and the five sense objects, beginning a detailed breakdown of exactly what belongs to the perishable, changing side of the distinction.

In life: it helps to have an actual inventory of what belongs to your changing circumstances, your body, your moods, your possessions, your reactions, rather than treating the whole mess as one undifferentiated identity.

Teaching: try making your own rough inventory of what belongs to your changing circumstances versus what feels more like the steady awareness underneath them, the exercise itself clarifies the distinction more than any abstract description could.

ṛiṣhibhiḥby great sages
bahudhāin manifold ways
gītamsung
chhandobhiḥin Vedic hymns
vividhaiḥvarious
pṛithakvariously
brahma-sūtrathe Brahma Sūtra
padaiḥby the hymns
chaand
evaespecially
hetu-madbhiḥwith logic
viniśhchitaiḥconclusive evidence

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
13.5 ऋषिभिः by Rishis? बहुधा in many ways? गीतम् sung? छन्दोभिः in chants? विविधैः various? पृथक् distinctive? ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैः in the suggestive words indicative of Brahman? च and? एव even? हेतुमद्भिः full of reasoning? विनिश्चितैः decisive.Commentary Many sages (such as Vasishtha) have talked about it (the true nature of the field and its knower) since ancient times. The ancient hymns? such as the Rig Veda? have explained this in various ways.The word Brahma Sutras refers to the Vedanta Sutras written by Vyasa or Badarayanacharya in order to reconcile the mutually contradictory passages in the Upanishads. A study of the Brahma Sutras is very necessary in order to comprehend the esoteric significance of the Upanishads. The Braham Sutras are also known by the name Sariraka Sutras because fifteen Sutras in the third Pada of the second chapter deal with the Sarira or Kshetra (body).The true nature of the field and its knower has also been taught in the Brahma Sutras which deal with Brahman such as Atmanyevopasita (only as the Self? let a man meditate on It.) (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad? I.4.7).They are full of reasoning? convincing and decisive. There is no doubt in the words or passages that treat of Brahman.