Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.15
Chāndogyopaniṣad 5.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.15.1
atha hovāca janaṃ śārkarākṣyam \
śārkarākṣya kaṃ tvam ātmānam upāssa iti \
ākāśam eva bhagavo rājann iti hovāca \
eṣa vai bahula ātmā vaiśvānaro yaṃ tvam ātmānam upasse \
tasmāt tvaṃ bahulo 'si prajayā ca dhanena ca \\515.1\
1. Then he said to Jana: ‘Śārkarākshya! Whom do you reverence as the Ātman (Soul)?’ ‘Space indeed, Sir, O King,’ said he. ‘The Universal Ātman (Soul) is, verily, that expanded one, which you reverence as the Ātman (Soul). Therefore you are expanded with offspring and wealth.
5.15.2
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam \
atty annaṃ paśyati priyaṃ bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ya etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste \
saṃdehas tv eṣa ātmana iti hovāca \
saṃdehas te vyaśīryad yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti \\515.2\
2. 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 Ātman (Soul) thus. That, however, is only the body (_saṃdeha_) of the Ātman (Soul),’ said he. ‘Your body would have fallen to pieces, 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
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Different Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
- Viṣayavākyadīpikā — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1550, Sanskrit
- Vedāntaviṣayavākyadīpikā — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit