Chandogya Upanishad 7.16
Chāndogyopaniṣad 7.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.16.1
eṣa tu vā ativadati yaḥ satyenātivadati \
so 'haṃ bhagavaḥ satyenātivadānīti \
satyaṃ tv eva vijijñāsitavyam iti \
satyaṃ bhagavo vijijñāsa iti \\716.1\
सत्येन with truth अतिवदानि would speak surpassingly इति. (Sanatkumāra) सत्यम् the truth एव itself तु but (therefore) विजिज्ञासितव्यम् one must desire to under-stand इति. (Nārada) भगवः revered sir सत्यम् the truth विजिज्ञासे I desire to understand इति.
‘But he really speaks surpassingly who speaks surpassingly with truth.’ ‘Revered sir, being such, I would speak surpassingly with truth.’ ‘But one must desire to understand the truth.’ ‘Revered sir, I desire to understand the truth.’
Translations (5)
- The Chāndogya Upaniṣad — Swami Swahananda 1956, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
- The Upanishads — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- Chāndogya Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Swami Gambhirananda 1983, English
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
Commentaries (7)
- Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text) — Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — Ranade 1926, English