Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.4.2
Chāndogyopaniṣad 7.4.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
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.
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
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — R. D. Ranade, English