Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.10

8.10.1

ya eṣa svapne mahīyamānaś caraty eṣa ātmeti ha uvāca \
etad amṛtam abhayam etad brahmeti \
sa ha śāntahṛdayaḥ pravavrāja \
sa hāprāpyaiva devān etad bhayaṃ dadarśa \
tad yadyappīdaṃ śarīram andhaṃ bhavaty anandhaḥ sa bhavati yadi srāmam asrāmaḥ \
naivaiṣo 'sya doṣeṇa duṣyati \\810.1\

1. 'He who moves about happy in a dream—he is the Self (Ātman),' said he. 'That is the immortal, the fearless. That is Brahma.' Then with tranquil heart he [i.e. Indra] went forth. Then, even before reaching the gods, he saw this danger: 'Now, even if this body is blind, that one [i.e. the Self, Ātman] is not blind. If this is lame, he is not lame. Indeed, he does not suffer defect through defect of this. He is not slain with one's murder. He is not lame with one's lameness. Nevertheless, as it were (iva), they kill him; as it were, they unclothe him; as it were, he comes to experience what is unpleasant; as it were, he even weeps. I see nothing enjoyable in this.’

8.10.2

na vadhenāsya hanyate \
nāsya srāmyeṇa srāmaḥ \
ghnanti tv evainam \
vicchādayantīva \
apriyavetteva bhavati \
api roditīva nāham atra bhogyaṃ paśyāmīti \\810.2\

8.10.3

sa samitpāṇiḥ punar eyāya \
taṃ ha prajāpatir uvāca maghavan yac chāntahṛdayaḥ prāvrājīḥ kim icchan punar āgama iti \
sa ha uvāca tad yadyappīdaṃ bhagavaḥ śarīram andhaṃ bhavaty anandhaḥ sa bhavati yadi srāmam asrāmaḥ \
naivaiṣo 'sya doṣeṇa duṣyati \\810.3\

3. Fuel in hand, back again he came. Then Prajāpati said to him: ‘Desiring what, O Maghavan, have you come back again, since you went forth with tranquil heart?’

Then he said: ‘Now, Sir, even if this body is blind, that one [i.e. the Self] is not blind. If this is lame, he is not lame. Indeed, he does not suffer defect through defect of this. He is not slain with one’s murder. He is not lame with one’s lameness. Nevertheless, as it were, they kill him; as it were, they unclothe him; as it were, he comes to experience what is unpleasant; as it were, he even weeps. I see nothing enjoyable in this.’

8.10.4

na vadhenāsya hanyate \
nāsya srāmyeṇa srāmaḥ \
ghnanti tvivainam \
vicchādayantīva \
apriyavetteva bhavati \
api roditīva \
nāham atra bhogyaṃ paśyāmīti \
evam evaiṣa maghavann iti ha uvāca \
etaṃ tveva te bhūyo 'nuvyākhyāsyāmi \
vasāparāṇi dvātriṃśataṃ varṣāṇīti \
sa hāparāṇi dvātriṃśataṃ varṣāṇyuvāsa \
tasmai hovāca \\810.4\

‘He is even so, O Maghavan,’ said he. ‘However, I will explain this further to you. Live with me thirty-two years more.’

Then he lived with him thirty-two years more.

To him [i. e. to Indra] he [i. e. Prajāpati] then said:—