Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.11

3.11.1

atha tata ūrdhva (S ) naivodetā nāstam etaikala eva madhye sthātā \
tad eṣa ślokaḥ \\311.1\

1. Henceforth, after having risen in the zenith, it will no more rise nor set. It will stand alone in the middle. On this point there is this verse:—

3.11.2

na vai tatra (S ) \nodiyāya kadācana \
devās tenāhaṃ satyena \mā virādhiṣi brahmaṇeti \\311.2\

2. In yonder sphere it has not set,
Nor ever has it risen up;
And by the truth of this, ye gods,
Of Brahma let me not be robbed.

3.11.3

na ha vā asmā udeti na nimlocati \
sakṛd divā haivāsmai bhavati \
ya etām (S ) brahmopaniṣadaṃ veda \\311.3\

3. Verily, it neither rises nor sets for him, it is evermore day for him, who knows thus this mystic doctrine (upaniṣad) of Brahma.

3.11.4

tad dhaitad brahmā prajāpataya uvāca \
prajāpatir manave \
manuḥ prajābhyaḥ \
tad dhaitad uddālakāyāruṇaye jyeṣṭhāya putrāya pitā brahma provāca \\311.4\

4. Brahma told this to Prajāpati; Prajāpati, to Manu; Manu, to his descendants. To Uddālaka Āruṇi, as being the eldest son, his father declared this Brahma.

3.11.5

idaṃ vāva taj jyeṣṭhāya putrāya pitā brahma prabrūyāt praṇāyyāya vāntevāsine \\311.5\

5. Verily, a father may teach this Brahma to his eldest son or to a worthy pupil, [but] to no one else at all. Even if one should offer him this [earth] that is encompassed by water and filled with treasure, [he should say]: ‘This, truly, is more than that! This, truly, is more than that!’

3.11.6

nānyasmai kasmai-cana \
yady apy asmā imām adbhiḥ parigṛhītāṃ dhanasya pūrṇāṃ dadyād etad eva tato bhuya iti \\311.6\