Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1

4.1.1

jānaśrutir ha pautrāyaṇaḥ śraddhādeyo bahudāyī bahupākya āsa \
sa ha sarvata āvasathān māpayāṃ cakre sarvata eva me annam atsyantīti \\401.1\

1. *Om!* Now there was Jānaśruti, the great-grandson [of Janaśruta], a pious dispenser, a liberal giver, a preparer of much food. He had rest-houses built everywhere with the thought, ‘Everywhere people will be eating of my food.’

4.1.2

atha ha haṃsā niśāyām atipetuḥ \
tad dhaivaṃ haṃso haṃsam abhyuvāda \
ho ho ayi bhallākṣa bhallākṣa jānaśruteḥ pautrāyaṇasya samaṃ divā jyotir ātataṃ tan mā prasāṅkṣīs tat tvāṃ mā pradhākṣīr iti \\401.2\

2. Now then, one time swans flew past in the night, and one swan spoke to another thus: ‘Hey! Ho! Short-sight! Short-sight! The light of Jānaśruti, the great-grandson [of Janaśruta], has spread like the sky. Do not touch it, lest it burn you up!’

4.1.3

tam u ha paraḥ pratyuvāca kam v ara enam etat santaṃ sayugvānam iva raikvam āttha iti \
yo nu kathaṃ sayugvā raikva iti \\401.3\

3. To it the other one then replied: ‘Come! Who is that man of whom you speak as if he were Raikva, the man with the cart?’

‘Pray, how is it with Raikva, the man with the cart?’

4.1.4

yathā kṛtāya vijitāyādhare ayāḥ saṃyanty evam enaṃ sarvaṃ tad abhisameti yat kiṃca prajāḥ sādhu kurvanti \
yas tad veda yat sa veda sa mayaitad ukta iti \\401.4\

4. ‘As the lower throws of dice all go to the highest throw, to the winner, so whatever good thing creatures do, all goes to him. I say the same thing of whoever knows what he knows.’

4.1.5

tad u ha jānaśrutiḥ pautrāyaṇa upaśuśrāva \
sa ha saṃjihāna eva kṣattāram uvācāṅgāre ha sayugvānam iva raikvam āttheti \
yo nu kathaṃ sayugvā raikva iti \\401.5\

5. Now Jānaśruti, the great-grandson [of Janaśruta], overheard this. Then when he rose he said to the attendant : ‘Lo! you speak [of me] as if I were Raikva, the man with the cart!’

‘Pray, how is it with Raikva, the man with the cart?’

4.1.6

yathā kṛtāya vijitāyādhare ayāḥ saṃyanty evam enaṃ sarvaṃ tad abhisameti yat kiṃca prajāḥ sādhu kurvanti \
yas tad veda yat sa veda sa mayaitad ukta iti \\401.6\

6. 'As the lower throws of dice all go to the highest throw, to the winner, so to this man, whatever good thing creatures do, all goes to him. I say the same thing of whoever knows what he knows.'

4.1.7

sa ha kṣattānviṣya nāvidam iti pratyeyāya \
taṃ hovāca yatrāre brāhmaṇasyānveṣaṇā tad enam arccheti \\401.7\

7. Then the attendant, having sought, came back, saying, 'I did not find him.' Then he said to him: 'Oh! Where one searches for a Brahman, there seek for him.'

4.1.8

so 'dhastāc chakaṭasya pāmānaṃ kaṣamāṇam upopaviveśa \
taṃ hābhyuvāda tvaṃ nu bhagavaḥ sayugvā raikva iti \
ahaṃ hy are3ti ha pratijajñe \
sa ha kṣattāvidam iti pratyeyāya \\401.8\

8. He approached a man who was scratching the itch underneath a cart, and said to him: 'Pray, Sir, are you Raikva, the man with the cart?' 'Oh! I am, indeed,' he acknowledged. Then the attendant went back, and said: 'I have found him.'