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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.15

Chāndogyopaniṣad 5.15

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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.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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.’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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