But, then Vedanta makes an extraordinary claim: that thou art – you are Brahman.

你就是无实质宇。

And therefore, the atma soul, like Brahman, also pre-dates the universe and is eternal.

因此，灵魂就像“无实质宇”，也存在于宇之前，是永恒的。

Physical matter is transformed by the passage of time. But Brahman exists before time and is therefore timeless, eternal.

物质是由过去的时间转化而来的。是无意识宇在时间之前就已经存在，因此是无时间限制的，永恒的。

Brahman is the supreme universal spirit in Hinduism.

婆罗门是印度教中高的普遍精神。

Vedanta argues that useful information most likely has a sentient source, and that Brahman, is conscious energy in its “purest” state.

吠檀多辩称，有用的信息有可能有感知源，“无实质宇”是有意识的能量纯净的形态。

But more than all the others he was loved by Govinda, his friend, the son of a Brahman.

比其他所有人都更爱他的是他的朋友、婆罗门之子戈文达。

There are many different forms of Hinduism, but most Hindus believe in a spiritual entity called Brahman.

印度教有许多不同的形式，大多数印度教徒相信种称为婆罗门的精神实体。

But to the maid she gave the order to give the pious Brahman white upper garments.

命令女仆给虔诚的婆罗门穿白色上衣。

Slowly, the Brahman rose; Siddhartha stood silently, his arms folded.

婆罗门缓缓升起；悉达多静静地站着，双臂交叉。

Thus sat he, wrapped up in contemplation, thinking Om, his soul sent after the Brahman as an arrow.

他就这坐着，沉浸在沉思中，想着唵，他的灵魂像箭被送去追寻婆罗门。

Still, even in the deepest meditation, he had been his father's son, had been a Brahman, of a high caste, a cleric.

尽管如此，即使在深的沉思中，他也曾是他父亲的儿子，曾是位高种姓的婆罗门，曾是名牧师。

It resembled his father's face, the Brahman.

它很像他父亲的脸，婆罗门。

Siddhartha gave his garments to a poor Brahman in the street.

悉达多在街上把他的衣服给了个贫穷的婆罗门。

The Brahman caste came from his head, the Kshatriya caste from his arms, the Vaishya caste from his stomach, and the Sudra caste from his feet.

婆罗门种姓来自他的头部，刹帝利种姓来自他的手臂，吠舍种姓来自他的胃，首陀罗种姓来自他的脚。

You have seen Siddhartha, the son of a Brahman, who has left his home to become a Samana, and who has been a Samana for three years.

你见过悉达多，他是婆罗门的儿子，他出家出家，出家三年。

Now Siddhartha also got some idea of why he had fought this self in vain as a Brahman, as a penitent.

现在，悉达多也明白了为什么他作为个婆罗门，个忏悔者，徒劳地与这个自我作斗争。

The first light of day shone into the room. The Brahman saw that Siddhartha was trembling softly in his knees.

清晨的第缕阳光照进了房间。婆罗门看到悉达多的膝盖在轻轻颤抖。

After an hour, since no sleep had come over his eyes, the Brahman stood up, paced to and fro, and left the house.

个时辰后，婆罗门因眼里没有睡意，站起身来，来回踱步，离开了屋子。

As a youth, I had only to do with asceticism, with thinking and meditation, was searching for Brahman, worshipped the eternal in the Atman.

年轻时，我只从事苦行，思考和冥想，寻找婆罗门，崇拜阿特曼中的永恒。

Did any Samana or Brahman ever fear, someone might come and grab him and steal his learning, and his religious devotion, and his depth of thought?

沙门或婆罗门有没有害怕，有人会来抓住他，窃取他的学识、他的宗教信仰和他的思想深度？