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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.22

Chāndogyopaniṣad 7.22

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Sanskrit

7.22.1

yadā vai sukhaṃ labhate atha karoti \
nāsukhaṃ labdhvā karoti \
sukham eva labdhvā karoti \
sukhaṃ tv eva vijijñāsitavyam iti \
sukhaṃ bhagavo vijijñāsa iti \\722.1\

1. ‘Verily, when one gets Pleasure for himself, then he is active. Without getting Pleasure one is not active. Only by getting Pleasure is one active. But one must desire to understand Pleasure (*sukha*).’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

‘Sir, I desire to understand Pleasure.’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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