Chāndogya Upaniṣad

4.4.1

Satyakama, the son of Gabala, addressed his mother and said: `I wish to become a Brahmakarin (rel...

4.4.2

She said to him: `I do not know, my child, of what family thou art. In my youth when I had to mov...

4.4.3

He going to Gautama Haridrumata said to him, `I wish to become a Brahmakarin with you, Sir. May I...

4.4.4

He {Gautama} said to him: `Of what family are you, my friend?' He {Satyakama} replied: `I do not ...

4.5.1

The bull of the herd (meant for Vayu) said to him: `Satyakama!' He replied: `Sir!' The bull said:...

4.5.2

`And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.' `Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: `...

4.5.3

`He who knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name...

4.6.1

`Agni will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these words of the bull), Satyakama, o...

4.6.2

Then Agni (the fire) said to him: `Satyakama!' He replied: `Sir.'

4.6.3

Agni said: `Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' `Declare it, Sir,' he replied. ...

4.6.4

`He who knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name...

4.7.1

`A Hamsa (flamingo, meant for the sun) will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these...

4.7.2

Then a Hamsa flew near and said to him: `Satyakama.' He replied: `Sir.'

4.7.3

The Hamsa said: `Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' `Declare it, Sir,' he repl...

4.7.4

`He who knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name...

4.8.1

`A diver-bird (Madgu, meant for Pran) will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these ...

4.8.2

Then a diver flew near and said to him: `Satyakama.' He replied: `Sir.'

4.8.3

The diver said: `Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.' `Declare it, Sir,' he repl...

4.9.1

Thus he reached the house of his teacher. The teacher said to him: `Satyakama.' He replied: `Sir.'

4.9.2

The teacher said: `Friend, you shine like one who knows Brahman. Who then has taught you?' He rep...

4.9.3

`For I have heard from men like you, Sir, that only knowledge which is learnt from a teacher (Aka...

4.10.1

Upakosala Kamalayana dwelt as a Brahmakarin (religious student) in the house of Satyakama Gabala....

4.10.2

Then his wife said to him: `This student, who is quite exhausted (with austerities), has carefull...

4.10.3

The student from sorrow was not able to eat. Then the wife of the teacher said to him: `Student, ...

4.10.4

Thereupon the fires said among themselves: `This student, who is quite exhausted, has carefully t...

4.10.5

`Breath is Brahman, Ka (pleasure) is Brahman, Kha (ether) is Brahman.' He said: `I understand tha...

4.11.1

After that the Garhapatya fire taught him: `Earth, fire, food, and the sun (these are my forms, o...

4.11.2

`He who knowing this meditates on him, destroys sin, obtains the world (of Agni Garhapatya), reac...

4.12.1

Then the Anvaharya fire taught him: `Water, the quarters, the stars, the moon (these are my forms...

4.12.2

`He who knowing this meditates on him, destroys sin, obtains the world (of Agni Anvaharya), reach...

4.13.1

Then the Ahavaniya fire taught him: `Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). T...

4.13.2

`He who knowing this meditates on him, destroys sin, obtains the world (of Agni Ahavaniya), reach...

4.14.1

Then they all said: `Upakosala, this is our knowledge, our friend, and the knowledge of the Self,...

4.14.2

In time his teacher came back, and said to him: `Upakosala.' He answered: `Sir.' The teacher said...

4.14.3

He answered: `This' (repeating some of what they had told him). The teacher said: `My friend, the...

4.15.1

He said: `The person that is seen in the eye, that is the Self. This is the immortal, the fearles...

4.15.2

`They call him Samyadvama, for all blessings (vama) go towards him (samyanti). All blessings go t...

4.15.3

`He is also Vamani, for he leads (nayati) all blessings (vama). He leads all blessings who knows ...

4.15.4

`He is also Bhamani, for he shines (bhati) in all worlds. He who knows this, shines in all worlds.

4.15.5

`Now (if one who knows this, dies), whether people perform obsequies for him or no, he goes to li...

4.15.6

`He leads them to Brahman. This is the path of the Devas, the path that leads to Brahman. Those w...

4.16.1

Verily, he who purifies (Vayu) is the sacrifice, for he (the air) moving along, purifies everythi...

4.16.2

The Brahman priest performs one of them in his mind, the Hotri, Adhvaryu, and Udgatri priests per...

4.16.3

He performs perfectly the one way only (that by words), but the other is injured. As a man walkin...

4.16.4

But when after the Prataranuvaka ceremony has begun, and before the recitation of the Paridhaniya...

4.16.5

As a man walking on two legs and a carriage going on two wheels gets on, so his sacrifice gets on...

4.17.1

Pragapati brooded over the worlds, and from them thus brooded on he squeezed out the essences, Ag...

4.17.2

He brooded over these three deities, and from them thus brooded on he squeezed out the essences, ...

4.17.3

He brooded over the threefold knowledge (the three Vedas), and from it thus brooded on he squeeze...

4.17.4

If the sacrifice is injured from the Rig-veda side, let him offer a libation in the Garhapatya fi...

4.17.5

If the sacrifice is injured from the Yagur-veda side, let him offer a libation in the Dakshina fi...

4.17.6

If the sacrifice is injured by the Sama-veda side, let him offer a libation in the Ahavaniya fire...

4.17.7

As one binds (softens) gold by means of lavana (borax), and silver by means of gold, and tin by m...

4.17.8

Thus does one bind together and heal any break in the sacrifice by means of (the Vyahritis or sac...

4.17.9

That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman pries...

5.1.1

He who knows the oldest and the best becomes himself the oldest and the best. Breath indeed is th...

5.1.2

He who knows the richest, becomes himself the richest. Speech indeed is the richest.

5.1.3

He who knows the firm rest, becomes himself firm in this world and in the next. The eye indeed is...

5.1.4

He who knows success, his wishes succeed, both his divine and human wishes. The ear indeed is suc...

5.1.5

He who knows the home, becomes a home of his people. The mind indeed is the home.

5.1.6

The five senses quarrelled together, who was the best, saying, I am better, I am better.

5.1.7

They went to their father Pragapati and said: `Sir, who is the best of us?' He replied: `He by wh...

5.1.8

The tongue (speech) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: `How hav...

5.1.9

The eye (sight) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: `How have yo...

5.1.10

The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: `How have ...

5.1.11

The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: `How have you been ...

5.1.12

The breath, when on the point of departing, tore up the other senses, as a horse, going to start,...

5.1.13

Then the tongue said to him: `If I am the richest, thou art the richest.' The eye said to him: `I...

5.1.14

The ear said to him: `If I am success, thou art success.' The mind said to him: `If I am the home...

5.1.15

And people do not call them, the tongues, the eyes, the ears, the minds, but the breaths (prana, ...

5.2.1

Breath said: `What shall be my food?' They answered: `Whatever there is, even unto dogs and birds...

5.2.2

He said: `What shall be my dress?' They answered: `Water.' Therefore wise people, when they are g...

5.2.3

Satyakama Gabala, after he had communicated this to Gosruti Vaiyaghrapadya, said to him: `If you ...

5.2.4

If a man wishes to reach greatness, let him perform the Diksha (preparatory rite) on the day of t...

5.2.5

In the same manner let him pour ghee on the fire, saying, `Svaha to the richest.' After that let ...

5.2.6

Then going forward and placing the mash in his hands, he recites: `Thou (Pran) art Ama by name, f...

5.2.7

Then he eats with the following Rik verse at every foot: `We choose that food' here he swallows `...

5.2.8

Having cleansed the vessel, whether it be a kamsa or a kamasa, he sits down behind the fire on a ...

5.2.9

On this there is a Sloka: `If during sacrifices which are to fulfil certain wishes he sees in his...

5.3.1

Svetaketu Aruneya went to an assembly of the Pankalas. Pravahana Gaivali said to him: `Boy, has y...

5.3.2

`Do you know to what place men go from here?' `No, Sir,' he replied. `Do you know how they return...

5.3.3

`Do you know why that world never becomes full?' `No, Sir,' he replied. `Do you know why in the f...

5.3.4

`Then why did you say (you had been) instructed? How could anybody who did not know these things ...

5.3.5

`That fellow of a Raganya asked me five questions, and I could not answer one of them.' The fathe...

5.3.6

Then Gautama went to the king's place, and when he had come to him, the king offered him proper r...

5.3.7

The king was perplexed, and commanded him, saying: `Stay with me some time.' Then he said: `As (t...

5.4.1

`The altar (on which the sacrifice is supposed to be offered) is that world (heaven), O Gautama; ...

5.4.2

`On that altar the Devas (or pranas, represented by Agni, &c.) offer the sraddha libation (consis...

5.5.1

`The altar is Parganya (the god of rain), O Gautama; its fuel is the air itself, the smoke the cl...

5.5.2

`On that altar the Devas offer Soma, the king (the moon). From that oblation rises rain.

5.6.1

`The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light t...

5.6.2

`On that altar the Devas (pranas) offer rain. From that oblation rises food (corn, &c.)

5.7.1

`The altar is man, O Gautama; its fuel speech itself, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue,...

5.7.2

`On that altar the Devas (pranas) offer food. From that oblation rises seed.

5.8.1

`The altar is woman, O Gautama.

5.8.2

`On that altar the Devas (pranas) offer seed. From that oblation rises the germ.

5.9.1

`For this reason is water in the fifth oblation called Man. This germ, covered in the womb, havin...

5.9.2

`When born, he lives whatever the length of his life may be. When he has departed, his friends ca...

5.10.1

`Those who know this (even though they still be grihasthas, householders) and those who in the fo...

5.10.2

`He leads them to Brahman (the conditioned Brahman). This is the path of the Devas.