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Chandogya Upanishad 6.1.6

Chāndogyopaniṣad 6.1.6

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Sanskrit

6.1.6

yathā (S ) nakhanikṛntanena sarvaṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ vijñātaṃ syāt \
vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ kṛṣṇāyasam ity eva satyam \
evaṃ (S ) sa ādeśo bhavatīti \\601.6\

‘Dear boy, just as through a single clod of clay all that is made of clay would become known, for all modification is but name based upon words and the clay alone is real, ‘Dear boy, just as through a single ingot of gold, all that is made of gold would become known, for all modification is but name based upon words and the gold alone is real,

'Dear boy, just as through a single nail-parer all that is made of iron would become known, for all modification is but name based upon words and the iron alone is real—such, dear boy, is that teaching.'

Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad

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