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Chandogya Upanishad 2.21

Chāndogyopaniṣad 2.21

Language
Sanskrit

2.21.1

trayī vidyā (S )kāraḥ \
traya ime lokāḥ sa prastāvaḥ \
agnir vāyur ādityaḥ sa udgīthaḥ \
nakṣatrāṇi vayāṃsi marīcayaḥ sa pratihāraḥ \
sarpā gandharvāḥ pitaras tan nidhanam \
etat sāma sarvasmin protam \\221.1\

1. The triple knowledge is a Hiṅkāra. The three worlds here are a Prastāva. Agni, Vāyu, and Āditya are an Udgītha. Stars, birds, and light-rays are a Pratihāra. Serpents, Gandharvas, and the Fathers are a Nidhana. This is the Sāman as woven upon the world-all.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

2.21.2

sa ya evam etat sāma sarvasmin protaṃ veda sarvaṃ ha bhavati \\221.2\

2. He who knows thus this Sāman as woven upon the world-all becomes the world-all itself.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

2.21.3

tad eṣa ślokaḥ \
yāni pañcadhā trīṇi trīṇi \tebhyo na jyāyaḥ param anyad (S ) \\221.3\

3. On this point there is this verse:— Whatever triple things are fivefold— Than these things there is nothing better, higher. 4. Who knows this fact, he knows the world-all; All regions of the compass bring him tribute.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

2.21.4

yas tad veda sa veda sarvam \
sarvā diśo balim asmai haranti \
sarvam asmīty upāsita \
tad vrataṃ tad vratam \\221.4\

One should reverence the thought ‘I am the world-all!’ That is his rule. That is his rule!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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