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Chandogya Upanishad 7.10

Chāndogyopaniṣad 7.10

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Sanskrit

7.10.1

āpo vāvānnād bhūyasyaḥ \
tasmād yadā suvṛṣṭir na bhavati vyādhīyante prāṇā annaṃ kanīyo bhaviṣyatīti \
atha yadā suvṛṣṭir bhavaty ānandinaḥ prāṇā bhavanty annaṃ bahu bhaviṣyatīti \
āpa evemā mūrtā yeyaṃ pṛthivī yad antarikṣaṃ yad dyaur yat parvatā yad devamanuṣyā yat paśavaś ca vayāṃsi ca tṛṇavanaspatayaḥ śvāpadāny ākīṭapataṅgapipīlakam \
āpa evemā mūrtāḥ \
apa upāssveti \\710.1\

'Water surely is greater than food.' Therefore, where there is not good rain, living creatures are in agony (thinking), "Food will be scarce". But when there is good rain, living creatures become joyous (thinking), "Food will abound". Water, indeed, has assumed all these forms—this earth, this sky, this heaven, these mountains, these gods and men, these cattle and birds, grasses and trees, beasts down to worms, flying insects and ants. Water, indeed, has assumed all these forms. Worship water.

Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad

7.10.2

sa yo 'po brahmety upāste \
āpnoti sarvān kāmāṃs tṛptimān bhavati \
yāvad apāṃ gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati yo 'po brahmety upāste \
asti bhagavo 'dbhyo bhūya iti \
adbhyo vāva bhūyo 'stīti \
tan me bhagavān bravītv iti \\710.2\

'He who worships water as Brahman obtains all desires and becomes satisfied. He becomes free to act as he wishes in the sphere within the reach of water, he who worships water as Brahman.' 'Revered sir, is there anything greater than water?' 'Surely, there is something greater than water.' 'Revered sir, communicate it to me.'

Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad

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