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Chandogya Upanishad 7.6

Chāndogyopaniṣad 7.6

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Sanskrit

7.6.1

dhyānaṃ vāva cittād bhūyaḥ \
dhyāyatīva pṛthivī \
dhyāyatīvāntarikṣam \
dhyāyatīva dyauḥ \
dhyāyantīvāpaḥ \
dhyāyantīva parvatāḥ \
dhyāyantīva devamanuṣyāḥ \
tasmād ya iha manuṣyāṇāṃ mahattāṃ prāpnuvanti dhyānāpādāṃśā ivaiva te bhavanti \
atha ye alpāḥ kalahinaḥ piśunā upavādinas te \
atha ye prabhavo dhyānāpādāṃśā ivaiva te bhavanti \
dhyānam upāssveti \\706.1\

1. ‘Meditation (_dhyāna_), assuredly, is more than Thought. The earth meditates, as it were (_iva_). The atmosphere meditates, as it were. The heaven meditates, as it were. Water meditates, as it were. Mountains meditate, as it were. Gods and men meditate, as it were. Therefore whoever among men here attain greatness—they have, as it were, a part of the reward of meditation. Now, those who are small are quarrelers, tale-bearers, slanderers. But those who are superior—they have, as it were, a part of the reward of Meditation. Reverence Meditation.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

7.6.2

sa yo dhyānaṃ brahmety upāste \
yāvad dhyānasya gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati yo dhyānaṃ brahmety upāste \
asti bhagavo dyānād bhūya iti \
dhyānād vāva bhūyo 'stīti \
tan me bhagavān bravītv iti \\706.2\

2. He who reverences Meditation as Brahma—as far as Meditation goes, so far he has unlimited freedom, he who reverences Meditation as Brahma.’ ‘Is there, Sir, more than Meditation?’ ‘There is, assuredly, more than Meditation.’ ‘Do you, Sir, tell me it.’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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