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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.10

Chāndogyopaniṣad 6.10

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Sanskrit

6.10.1

imāḥ somya nadyaḥ purastāt prācyaḥ syandante paścāt pratīcyaḥ \
tāḥ samudrāt samudram evāpiyanti \
sa samudra eva bhavati \
tā yathā tatra na vidur iyam aham asmīyam aham asmīti \\610.1\

1. ‘These rivers, my dear, flow, the eastern toward the east, the western toward the west. They go just from the ocean to the ocean. They become the ocean itself. As there they know not “I am this one,” “I am that one”— even so, indeed, my dear, all creatures here, though they have come forth from Being, know not “We have come forth from Being.” Whatever they are in this world, whether tiger, or lion, or

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

6.10.2

evam eva khalu somyemāḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ sata āgamya na viduḥ sata āgacchāmaha iti \
ta iha vyāghro vā siṃho vā vṛko vā varāho vā kīṭo vā pataṅgo vā daṃśo vā maśako vā yad yad bhavanti tad ābhavanti \\610.2\

wolf, or boar, or worm, or fly, or gnat, or mosquito, that they become.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

6.10.3

sa ya eṣo 'ṇimaitad ātmyam idaṃ sarvam \
tat satyam \
sa ātmā \
tat tvam asi śvetaketo iti \
bhūya eva mā bhagavān vijñāpayatv iti \
tathā somyeti hovāca \\610.3\

3. That which is the finest essence—this whole world has that as its soul. That is Reality. That is Ātman (Soul). That art thou, Śvetaketu.’ ‘Do you, Sir, cause me to understand even more.’ ‘So be it, my dear,’ said he.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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