Chandogya Upanishad 5.17
Chāndogyopaniṣad 5.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.17.1
atha hovācoddālakam āruṇim \
gautama kaṃ tvam ātmānam upassa iti \
pṛthivīm eva bhagavo rājann iti hovāca \
eṣa vai pratiṣṭhātmā vaiśvānaro yaṃ tvam ātmānam upāsse \
tasmāt tvaṃ pratiṣṭhito 'si prajayā ca paśubhiś ca \\517.1\
1. Then he said to Uddālaka Āruṇi: ‘Gautama! Whom do you reverence as the Ātman (Soul)?’
‘The earth indeed, Sir, O King,’ said he.
‘The Universal Ātman (Soul) is, verily, that support, which you reverence as the Ātman (Soul). Therefore you are supported with offspring and cattle.
5.17.2
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam \
atty annaṃ paśyati priyaṃ bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ya etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste \
pādau tv etāv ātmana iti hovāca \
pādau te vyamlāsyetāṃ yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti \\517.2\
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 feet of the Ātman (Soul),’ said he. ‘Your feet would have withered away, 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
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English