Chandogya Upanishad 4.15

4.15.1

ya eṣo 'kṣiṇi puruṣo dṛśyata eṣa ātmā iti hovāca \
etad amṛtam abhayam etad brahmeti \
tad yady apy asmin sarpir vodakaṃ vā siñcati vartmanī eva gacchati \\415.1\

1. ‘That Person who is seen in the eye—He is the Self (Ātman),’ said he. ‘That is the immortal, the fearless. That is Brahma. So even if they pour clarified butter or water on that, it goes away to the edges.

4.15.2

etaṃ saṃyadvāma ity ācakṣate \
etaṃ hi sarvāṇi vāmāny abhisaṃyanti \
sarvāṇy enaṃ vāmāny abhisaṃyanti ya evaṃ veda \\415.2\

2. They call this “Loveliness-uniter” (saṁyadvāma), for all lovely things (vāma) come together (saṁyanti) unto it. All lovely things come together unto him who knows this.

4.15.3

eṣa u eva vāmanīḥ \
eṣa hi sarvāṇi vāmāni nayati \
sarvāṇi vāmāni nayati ya evaṃ veda \\415.3\

3. And this is also “Goods-bringer” (vāmanī), for it brings (√nī) all goods (vāma). He brings all goods who knows this.

4.15.4

eṣa u eva bhāmanīḥ \
eṣa hi sarveṣu lokeṣu bhāti \
sarveṣu lokeṣu bhāti ya evaṃ veda \\415.4\

4. And this one is also “Light-bringer” (bhāmanī), for it shines (√bhā) in all worlds. He shines in all worlds who knows this.

4.15.5

atha yad u caivāsmiñ chavyaṃ kurvanti yadi ca nārciṣam (S ) \
arciṣo 'haḥ \
ahna āpūryamāṇapakṣam \
āpūryamāṇapakṣād yān ṣaḍ udaṅṅ eti māsāṃs tān \
māsebhyaḥ saṃvatsaram \
saṃvatsarād ādityam \
ādityāc candramasam \
candramaso vidyutam \
tat puruṣo 'mānavaḥ \
sa (S ) brahma gamayati \
eṣa devapatho brahmapathaḥ \
etena pratipadyamānā imaṃ mānavam āvartaṃ (S ) \\415.5\

5. Now, whether they perform the cremation obsequies in the case of such a person or not, they [i. e. the dead] pass over into a flame; from a flame, into the day; from the day, into the half-month of the waxing moon; from the half-month of the waxing moon, into the six months during which the sun moves northwards; from the months, into the year; from the year, into the sun; from the sun, into the moon; from the moon, into lightning. There there is a Person (puruṣa) who is non-human (a-mānava).

6. He leads them on to Brahma. This is the way to the gods, the way to Brahma. They who proceed by it return not to the human condition here—yea, they return not!’