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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.2

Chāndogyopaniṣad 6.2

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Sanskrit

6.2.1

sad eva (S ) agra āsīd ekam evādvitīyam \
tad dhaika āhur asad evedam agra āsīd ekam evādvitīyam \
tasmād asataḥ (S ) \\602.1\

1. 'In the beginning, my dear, this world was just Being (sat), one only, without a second. To be sure, some people say : "In the beginning this world was just Non-being (a-sat), one only, without a second; from that Non-being Being was produced."

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

6.2.2

kutas tu khalu (S ) syād iti hovāca \
katham asataḥ saj jāyeta \
sat tv eva (S ) agra āsīd ekam evādvitīyam \\602.2\

2. But verily, my dear, whence could this be?' said he. 'How from Non-being could Being be produced? On the contrary, my dear, in the beginning this world was just Being, one only, without a second.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

6.2.3

tad aikṣata \
bahu syāṃ prajāyeyeti \
tat tejo 'sṛjata \
tat teja aikṣata \
bahu syāṃ prajāyeyeti \
tad apo 'sṛjata \
tasmād yatra kva (S ) śocati svedate vā puruṣas tejasa eva tad adhy āpo jāyante \\602.3\

3. It bethought itself: "Would that I were many! Let me procreate myself!" It emitted heat. That heat bethought itself: "Would that I were many! Let me procreate myself." It emitted water. Therefore whenever a person grieves or perspires from the heat, then there is produced water [i. e. either tears or perspiration].

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

6.2.4

tā āpa aikṣanta \
bahvyaḥ syāma prajāyemahīti \
tā annam asṛjanta \
tasmād yatra kva ca varṣati tad eva bhūyiṣṭham annaṃ bhavati \
adbhya eva tad adhy annādyaṃ jāyate \\602.4\

4. That water bethought itself: "Would that I were many! Let me procreate myself." It emitted food. Therefore whenever it rains, then there is abundant food. So food for eating is produced just from water.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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