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Chandogya Upanishad 8.9.1

Chāndogyopaniṣad 8.9.1

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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\

But Indra, even before reaching the gods, saw this difficulty: 'Just as this (reflected self) becomes well adorned when this body is well adorned, well dressed when the body is well dressed, well groomed when the body is well groomed, even so this (reflected self) also becomes blind when the body is blind, one-eyed when the body is one-eyed, crippled when the body is crippled, and it perishes when this body perishes. I see no good in this.'

Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad

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