Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.9

1.9.1

asya lokasya kā gatir iti \
ākāśa iti hovāca \
sarvāṇi ha vā imāni bhūtāny ākāśād eva samutpadyante \
ākāśaṃ praty astaṃ yanti \
ākāśo hy evaibhyo jyāyān \
ākāśaḥ parāyaṇam \\109.1\

1. 'To what does this world go back?'

'To space,' said he. 'Verily, all things here arise out of space. They disappear back into space, for space alone is greater than these; space is the final goal.

1.9.2

sa eṣa parovarīyān udgīthaḥ \
sa eṣo 'nantaḥ \
parovarīyo hāsya bhavati parovarīyaso ha lokāñ jayati ya etad evaṃ vidvān parovarīyāṃsam udgītham upāste \\109.2\

2. This is the most excellent Udgītha. This is endless. The most excellent is his, the most excellent worlds does he win, who, knowing it thus, reverences the most excellent Udgītha.

1.9.3

taṃ haitam atidhanvā śaunaka udaraśāṇḍilyāyoktvovāca \
yāvat ta enaṃ prajāyām udgīthaṃ vediṣyante parovarīyo (S ) tāvad asmiṃl loke jīvanaṃ bhaviṣyati \\109.3\

3. When Atidhanvan Śaunaka told this Udgītha to Udaraśāṇḍilya, he also said: "As far as they shall know this Udgītha among your offspring, so far will they have the most excellent life in this world, and likewise a world in yonder world." He who knows and reverences it thus has the most excellent life in this world, and likewise a world in yonder world—yea, a world in yonder world.'

1.9.4

tathāmuṣmiṃl loke loka iti \
sa ya etam (S ) vidvān upāste parovarīya eva (S ) loke jīvanaṃ bhavati tathāmuṣmiṃl loke loka iti loke loka iti \\109.4\