Chandogya Upanishad 5.13
Chāndogyopaniṣad 5.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.13.1
atha hovāca satyayajñaṃ pauluṣim \
prācīnayogya kaṃ tvam ātmānam upāssa iti \
ādityam eva bhagavo rājann iti hovāca \
eṣa vai viśvarūpa ātmā vaiśvānaro yaṃ tvam ātmānam upāste \
tasmāt tava bahu viśvarūpaṃ kule dṛśyate \\513.1\
1. Then he said to Satyayajña Paulushi: ‘Prācīnayogya! Whom do you reverence as the Ātman (Soul)?’
‘The sun indeed, Sir, O King,’ said he.
‘The Universal Ātman (Soul) is, verily, that manifold one which you reverence as the Ātman (Soul). Therefore much of all sorts is seen in your family, [e.g.] a chariot drawn by a she-mule rolled up [before your door], a female slave, a gold necklace. You eat food; you see what is pleasing. He eats food; he sees what is pleasing. There is eminence in sacred knowledge in the family of him who reverences that Universal
5.13.2
pravṛtto 'śvatarīratho dāsī niṣkaḥ \
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam \
atty annaṃ paśyati priyaṃ bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ya etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste \
cakṣuṣ (S ) etad ātmana iti hovāca \
andho 'bhaviṣyo yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti \\513.2\
Ātman (Soul) thus. That, however, is only the eye of the Ātman (Soul),’ said he. ‘You would have become blind, if you had not come unto me.’
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
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Atindranath Bose, English