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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)?’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

‘The sun indeed, Sir, O King,’ said he.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

‘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

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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.’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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