Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.4

7.4.1

saṃkalpo vāva manaso bhūyān \
yadā vai saṃkalpayate atha manasyati \
atha vācam īrayati \
tām u nāmnīyūati \
nāmni mantrā ekaṃ bhavanti \
mantreṣu karmāṇi \\704.1\

1. ‘Conception (*saṃkalpa*), assuredly, is more than Mind. Verily, when one forms a Conception, then he has in Mind, then he utters Speech, and he utters it in Name. The sacred sayings (*mantra*) are included in Name; and sacred works in the sacred sayings.

7.4.2

tāni ha vā etāni saṃkalpaikāyanāni saṃkalpātmakāni saṃkalpe pratiṣṭhitāni \
samakḷpatāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī \
samakalpetāṃ vāyuś cākāśaṃ ca \
samakalpantāpaś ca tejaś ca \
teṣāṃ (S ) varṣaṃ saṃkalpate \
varṣasya (S )+ annaṃ saṃkalpate \
annasya (S ) prāṇāḥ saṃkalpante \
prāṇānāṃ (S ) mantrāḥ saṃkalpante \
mantrāṇāṃ (S ) karmāṇi saṃkalpante \
karmaṇāṃ (S ) lokaḥ saṃkalpate \
lokasya (S ) sarvaṃ saṃkalpate \
sa eṣa saṃkalpaḥ \
saṃkalpam upāssveti \\704.2\

2. Verily, these have Conception as their union-point, have Conception as their soul, are established on Conception. Heaven and earth were formed through Conception. Wind and space were formed through Conception. Water and heat were formed through Conception. Through their having been formed, rain becomes formed. Through rain having been formed, food becomes formed. Through food having been formed, living creatures (_prāṇa_) become formed. Through living creatures having been formed, sacred sayings (_mantra_) become formed. Through sacred sayings having been formed, sacred works (_karma_) become [per]formed. Through sacred works having been [per]formed, the world becomes formed. Through the world having been formed, everything becomes formed. Such is Conception. Reverence Conception.

7.4.3

sa yaḥ saṃkalpaṃ brahmety upāste \
kḷptān vai sa lokān dhruvān dhruvaḥ pratiṣṭhitān pratiṣṭhito 'vyathamānān avyathamāno 'bhisidhyati \
yāvat saṃkalpasya gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati yaḥ saṃkalpaṃ brahmety upāste \
asti bhagavaḥ saṃkalpād bhūya iti \
saṃkalpād vāva bhūyo 'stīti \
tan me bhagavān bravītv iti \\704.3\

3. He who reverences Conception as Brahma—he, verily, attains the Conception-worlds; himself being enduring, the enduring worlds; himself established, the established worlds; himself unwavering, the unwavering worlds. As far as Conception goes, so far he has unlimited freedom, he who reverences Conception as Brahma.’

‘Is there, Sir, more than Conception?’

‘There is, assuredly, more than Conception.’

‘Do you, Sir, tell me it.’