Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.5
Chāndogyopaniṣad 6.8.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.8.5
atha yatraitat puruṣaḥ pipāsati nāma teja eva tat pītaṃ nayate \
tad yathā gonāyo 'śvanāyaḥ puruṣanāya ity evaṃ tat teja ācaṣṭa udanyeti \
tatraitad eva śuṅgam utpatitaṃ somya vijānīhi \
nedam amūlaṃ bhaviṣyatīti \\608.5\
5. Now, when a person here is thirsty, as it is called, just heat is leading off that which has been drunk. So, as they speak of "a leader-of-cows" (go-nāya), "a leader-of-horses" (aśva-nāya), "a leader-of-men" (puruṣa-nāya), so one speaks of heat as "a leader-of-water" (uda-nyā, thirst).
On this point, my dear, understand that this [body] is a sprout which has sprung up. It will not be without a root.
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
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit