Chandogya Upanishad 4.8.3
Chāndogyopaniṣad 4.8.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.8.3
brahmaṇaḥ somya te pādaṃ bravāṇi iti \
bravītu me bhagavān iti \
tasmai hovāca \
prāṇaḥ kalā \
cakṣuḥ kalā \
śrotraṃ kalā \
manaḥ kalā \
eṣa vai somya catuṣkalaḥ pādo brahmaṇa āyatanavān nāma \\408.3\
3. ‘Let me tell you, my dear, a quarter of Brahma.’ ‘Tell me, Sir.’ To him it then said: ‘One sixteenth is breath. One sixteenth is the eye. One sixteenth is the ear. One sixteenth is mind. This, verily, my dear, is the quarter of Brahma, consisting of four sixteenths, named Possessing-a-support. 4. He who, knowing it thus, reverences a quarter of Brahma, consisting of four sixteenths, as Possessing-a-support, comes to possess a support in this world. Then he wins worlds possessing a support who, knowing it thus, reverences a quarter of Brahma, consisting of four sixteenths, as Possessing-a-support.’
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (7)
- Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English