Chāndogya Upaniṣad
3.5.3
That flowed forth, and went towards the sun. And that forms what seems to stir in the centre of t...
3.5.4
These (the different colours in the sun) are the essences of the essences. For the Vedas are esse...
3.6.1
On the first of these nectars (the red light, which represents fame, glory of countenance, vigour...
3.6.2
They enter into that (red) colour, and they rise from that colour.
3.6.3
He who thus knows this nectar, becomes one of the Vasus, with Agni at their head, he sees the nec...
3.6.4
So long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so long does he follow the sovereign s...
3.7.1
On the second of these nectars the Rudras live, with Indra at their head. True, the Devas do not ...
3.7.2
They enter into that white colour, and they rise from that colour.
3.7.3
He who thus knows this nectar, becomes one of the Rudras, with Indra at their head, he sees the n...
3.7.4
So long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, twice as long does it rise in the sout...
3.8.1
On the third of these nectars the Adityas live, with Varuna at their head. True, the Devas do not...
3.8.2
They enter into that (dark) colour, and they rise from that colour.
3.8.3
He who thus knows this nectar, becomes one of the Adityas, with Varuna at their head, he sees the...
3.8.4
So long as the sun rises in the south and sets in the north, twice as long does it rise in the we...
3.9.1
On the fourth of these nectars the Maruts live, with Soma at their head. True, the Devas do not e...
3.9.2
They enter in that (very dark) colour, and they rise from that colour.
3.9.3
He who thus knows this nectar, becomes one of the Maruts, with Soma at their head, he sees the ne...
3.9.4
So long as the sun rises in the west and sets in the east, twice as long does it rise in the nort...
3.10.1
On the fifth of these nectars the Sadhyas live, with Brahman at their head. True, the Devas do no...
3.10.2
They enter into that colour, and they rise from that colour.
3.10.3
He who thus knows this nectar, becomes one of the Sadhyas, with Brahman at their head; he sees th...
3.10.4
So long as the sun rises in the north and sets in the south, twice as long does it rise above, an...
3.11.1
When from thence he has risen upwards, he neither rises nor sets. He is alone, standing in the ce...
3.11.2
`Yonder he neither rises nor sets at any time. If this is not true, ye gods, may I lose Brahman.'
3.11.3
And indeed to him who thus knows this Brahmaupanishad (the secret doctrine of the Veda) the sun d...
3.11.4
This doctrine (beginning with 3, 1, 1) Brahman (m. Hiranyagarbha) told to Pragapati (Virag), Prag...
3.11.5
A father may therefore tell that doctrine of Brahman to his eldest son, or to a worthy pupil. But...
3.12.1
The Gayatri (verse) is everything whatsoever here exists. Gayatri indeed is speech, for speech si...
3.12.2
That Gayatri is also the earth, for everything that here exists rests on the earth, and does not ...
3.12.3
That earth again is the body in man, for in it the vital airs (pranas, which are everything) rest...
3.12.4
That body again in man is the heart within man, for in it the pranas (which are everything) rest,...
3.12.5
That Gayatri has four feet and is sixfold. And this is also declared by a Rik verse (Rig-veda X, ...
3.12.6
`Such is the greatness of it (of Brahman, under the disguise of Gayatri); greater than it is the ...
3.12.7
The Brahman which has been thus described (as immortal with three feet in heaven, and as Gayatri)...
3.12.8
And the ether which is around us, is the same as the ether which is within us. And the ether whic...
3.12.9
That is the ether within the heart. That ether in the heart (as Brahman) is omnipresent and uncha...
3.13.1
For that heart there are five gates belonging to the Devas (the senses). The eastern gate is the ...
3.13.2
The southern gate is the Vyana (back-breathing), that is the ear, that is the moon. Let a man med...
3.13.3
The western gate is the Apana (down-breathing), that is speech, that is Agni (fire). Let a man me...
3.13.4
The northern gate is the Samana (on-breathing), that is mind, that is Parganya (rain). Let a man ...
3.13.5
The upper gate is the Udana (out-breathing), that is air, that is ether. Let a man meditate on th...
3.13.6
These are the five men of Brahman, the doorkeepers of the Svarga (heaven) world. He who knows the...
3.13.7
Now that light which shines above this heaven, higher than all, higher than everything, in the hi...
3.13.8
Namely, when we thus perceive by touch the warmth here in the body. And of it we have this audibl...
3.14.1
All this is Brahman (n.) Let a man meditate on that (visible world) as beginning, ending, and bre...
3.14.2
The intelligent, whose body is spirit, whose form is light, whose thoughts are true, whose nature...
3.14.3
He is my self within the heart, smaller than a corn of rice, smaller than a corn of barley, small...
3.14.4
He from whom all works, all desires, all sweet odours and tastes proceed, who embraces all this, ...
3.15.1
The chest which has the sky for its circumference and the earth for its bottom, does not decay, f...
3.15.2
Its eastern quarter is called Guhu, its southern Sahamana, its western Ragni, its northern Subhut...
3.15.3
`I turn to the imperishable chest with such and such and such.' `I turn to the Prana (life) with ...
3.15.4
`When I said, I turn to Pran, then Pran means all whatever exists here to that I turn.'
3.15.5
`When I said, I turn to Bhuh, what I said is, I turn to the earth, the sky, and heaven.'
3.15.6
`When I said, I turn to Bhuvah, what I said is, I turn to Agni (fire), Vayu (air), Aditya (sun).'
3.15.7
`When I said, I turn to Svah, what I said is, I turn to the Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, and Sama-veda. ...
3.16.1
Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gayatri has twentyf...
3.16.2
If anything ails him in that (early) age, let him say: `Ye Pranas, ye Vasus, extend this my morni...
3.16.3
The next forty-four years are the midday-libation. The Trishtubh has forty-four syllables, the mi...
3.16.4
If anything ails him in that (second) age, let him say: `Ye Pranas, ye Rudras, extend this my mid...
3.16.5
The next forty-eight years are the third libation. The Gagati has forty-eight syllables, the thir...
3.16.6
If anything ails him in that (third) age, let him say: `Ye Pranas, ye Adityas, extend this my thi...
3.16.7
Mahidasa Aitareya (the son of Itara), who knew this, said (addressing a disease): `Why dost thou ...
3.17.1
When a man (who is the sacrificer) hungers, thirsts, and abstains from pleasures, that is the Dik...
3.17.2
When a man eats, drinks, and enjoys pleasures, he does it with the Upasadas (the sacrificial days...
3.17.3
When a man laughs, eats, and delights himself, he does it with the Stuta-sastras (hymns sung and ...
3.17.4
Penance, liberality, righteousness, kindness, truthfulness, these form his Dakshinas (gifts besto...
3.17.5
Therefore when they say, `There will be a birth,' and `there has been a birth' (words used at the...
3.17.6
Ghora Angirasa, after having communicated this (view of the sacrifice) to Krishna, the son of Dev...
3.17.7
`Then they see (within themselves) the everpresent light of the old seed (of the world, the Sat),...
3.18.1
Let a man meditate on mind as Brahman (n.), this is said with reference to the body. Let a man me...
3.18.2
That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is ...
3.18.3
Speech is indeed the fourth foot of Brahman. That foot shines with Agni (fire) as its light, and ...
3.18.4
Breath is indeed the fourth foot of Brahman. That foot shines with Vayu (air) as its light, and w...
3.18.5
The eye is indeed the fourth foot of Brahman. That foot shines with Aditya (sun) as its light, an...
3.18.6
The ear is indeed the fourth foot of Brahman. That foot shines with the quarters as its light, an...
3.19.1
Aditya (the sun) is Brahman, this is the doctrine, and this is the fuller account of it: In the b...
3.19.2
The silver one became this earth, the golden one the sky, the thick membrane (of the white) the m...
3.19.3
And what was born from it that was Aditya, the sun. When he was born shouts of hurrah arose, and ...
3.19.4
If any one knowing this meditates on the sun as Brahman, pleasant shouts will approach him and wi...
4.1.1
There lived once upon a time Ganasruti Pautrayana (the great-grandson of Ganasruta), who was a pi...
4.1.2
Once in the night some Hamsas (flamingoes) flew over his house, and one flamingo said to another:...
4.1.3
The other answered him: `How can you speak of him, being what he is (a raganya, noble), as if he ...
4.1.4
The first replied: `How is it with this Raikva with the car of whom thou speakest?' The other ans...
4.1.5
Ganasruti Pautrayana overheard this conversation, and as soon as he had risen in the morning, he ...
4.1.6
The king said: `As (in a game of dice), all the lower casts belong to him who has conquered with ...
4.1.7
The door-keeper went to look for Raikva, but returned saying, `I found him not.' Then the king th...
4.1.8
The door-keeper came to a man who was lying beneath a car and scratching his sores. He addressed ...
4.2.1
Then Ganasruti Pautrayana took six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules, went to R...
4.2.2
`Raikva, here are six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules; teach me the deity whi...
4.2.3
The other replied: `Fie, necklace and carriage be thine, O Sudra, together with the cows.' The Ga...
4.2.4
He said to him: `Raikva, there are a thousand cows, a necklace, a carriage with mules, this wife,...
4.2.5
He, opening her mouth, said: `You have brought these (cows and other presents), O Sudra, but only...
4.3.1
`Air (vayu) is indeed the end of all. For when fire goes out, it goes into air. When the sun goes...
4.3.2
`When water dries up, it goes into air. Air indeed consumes them all. So much with reference to t...
4.3.3
`Now with reference to the body. Breath (prana) is indeed the end of all. When a man sleeps, spee...
4.3.4
`These are the two ends, air among the Devas, breath among the senses (pranah).'
4.3.5
Once while Saunaka Kapeya and Abhipratarin Kakshaseni were being waited on at their meal, a relig...
4.3.6
He said: `One god who is he? swallowed the four great ones, he, the guardian of the world. O Kape...
4.3.7
Saunaka Kapeya, pondering on that speech, went to the student and said: `He is the self of the De...
4.3.8
They gave him food. Now these five (the eater Vayu (air), and his food, Agni (fire), Aditya (sun)...