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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.9

Chāndogyopaniṣad 8.9

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Sanskrit

8.9.1

atha hendro 'prāpyaiva devān etad bhayaṃ dadarśa \
yathaiva khalv ayam asmiñ charīre sādhvalaṃkṛte sādhvalaṃkṛto bhavati suvasane suvasanaḥ pariṣkṛte pariṣkṛta evam evāyam asminn andhe andho bhavati srāme srāmaḥ parivṛkṇe parivṛkṇaḥ \
asyaiva śarīrasya nāśam anv eṣa naśyati \
nāham atra bhogyaṃ paśyāmīti \\809.1\

1. But then Indra, even before reaching the gods, saw this danger: 'Just as, indeed, that one [i.e. the bodily self] is well-ornamented when this body (śarīra) is well-ornamented, well-dressed when this is well-dressed, adorned when this is adorned, even so that one is blind when this is blind, lame when this is lame, maimed when this is maimed. It perishes immediately upon the perishing of this body. I see nothing enjoyable in this.'

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

8.9.3

sa samitpāṇiḥ punar eyāya \
taṃ ha prajāpatir uvāca maghavan yac chāntahṛdayaḥ prāvrājīḥ sārdhaṃ virocanena kim icchan punar āgama iti \
sa hovāca yathā eva khalvayyaṃ bhagavo 'smiñ charīre sādhvalaṃkṛte sādhvalaṃkṛto bhavati suvasane suvasanaḥ pariṣkṛte pariṣkṛta evam evāyam asminn andhe andho bhavati srāme srāmaḥ parivṛkṇe parivṛkṇaḥ \
asyaiva śarīrasya nāśam anv eṣa naśyati \
nāham atra bhogyaṃ paśyāmīti \
evam evaiṣa maghavann iti ha uvāca \
etaṃ tveva te bhūyo 'nuvyākhyāsyāmi \
vasāparāṇi dvātriṃśataṃ varṣāṇīti \
sa hāparāṇi dvātriṃśataṃ varṣāṇyuvāsa \
tasmai hovāca \\809.3\

2. Fuel in hand, back again he came. Then Prajāpati said to him: 'Desiring what, O Maghavan ('Munificent One'), have you come back again, since you along with Virocana went forth with tranquil heart?' Then he said: 'Just as, indeed, that one [i.e. the bodily self] is well-ornamented when this body is well-ornamented, well-dressed when this is well-dressed, adorned when this is adorned, even so it is blind when this is blind, lame when this is lame, maimed when this is maimed. It perishes immediately upon the perishing of this body. I see nothing enjoyable in this.'

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

3. '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:—

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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