Chāndogya Upaniṣad

5.10.3

`But they who living in a village practise (a life of) sacrifices, works of public utility, and a...

5.10.4

`From the months they go to the world of the fathers, from the world of the fathers to the ether,...

5.10.5

`Having dwelt there, till their (good) works are consumed, they return again that way as they cam...

5.10.6

`Having become mist, he becomes a cloud, having become a cloud, he rains down. Then he is born as...

5.10.7

`Those whose conduct has been good, will quickly attain some good birth, the birth of a conduct h...

5.10.8

`On neither of these two ways those small creatures (flies, worms, &c.) are continually returning...

5.10.9

`A man who steals gold, who drinks spirits, who dishonours his Guru's bed, who kills a Brahman, t...

5.10.10

`But he who thus knows the five fires is not defiled by sin even though he associates with them. ...

5.11.1

Prakinasala Aupamanyava, Satyayagna Paulushi, Indradyumna Bhallaveya, Gana Sarkarakshya, and Budi...

5.11.2

They reflected and said: `Sirs, there is that Uddalaka Aruni, who knows at present that Self, cal...

5.11.3

But he reflected: `Those great householders and great theologians will examine me, and I shall no...

5.11.4

He said to them: `Sirs, Asvapati Kaikeya knows at present that Self, called Vaisvanara. Well, let...

5.11.5

When they arrived (the king) ordered proper presents to be made separately to each of them. And r...

5.11.6

They replied: `Every man ought to say for what purpose he comes. You know at present that Vaisvan...

5.11.7

He said: `To-morrow I shall give you an answer.' Therefore on the next morning they approached hi...

5.12.1

`Aupamanyava, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: `Heaven only, venerable king.' He...

5.12.2

`You eat food, and see your desire (a son, &c.), and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvanara Se...

5.13.1

Then he said to Satyayagna Paulushi: `O Prakinayogya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He re...

5.13.2

`There is a car with mules, full of slaves and jewels. You eat food and see your desire, and whoe...

5.14.1

Then he said to Indradyumna Bhallaveya: `O Vaiyaghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' ...

5.14.2

`You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvanara Self, eats food ...

5.15.1

Then he said to Gana Sarkarakshya: `Whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: `Ether only...

5.15.2

`You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvanara Self, eats food ...

5.16.1

Then he said to Budila Asvatarasvi, `O Vaiyaghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He r...

5.16.2

`You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvanara Self, eats food ...

5.17.1

Then he said to Auddalaka Aruni: `O Gautama, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: `T...

5.17.2

`You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvanara Self, eats food ...

5.18.1

Then he said to them all: `You eat your food, knowing that Vaisvanara Self as if it were many. Bu...

5.18.2

`Of that Vaisvanara Self the head is Sutegas (having good light), the eye Visvarupa (multiform), ...

5.19.1

`Therefore the first food which a man may take, is in the place of Homa. And he who offers that f...

5.19.2

`If Prana is satisfied, the eye is satisfied, if the eye is satisfied, the sun is satisfied, if t...

5.20.1

`And he who offers the second oblation, should offer it to Vyana (back-breathing), saying Svaha. ...

5.20.2

`If Vyana is satisfied, the ear is satisfied, if the ear is satisfied, the moon is satisfied, if ...

5.21.1

`And he who offers the third oblation, should offer it to Apana (down-breathing), saying Svaha. T...

5.21.2

`And through their satisfaction he (the sacrificer or eater) himself is satisfied with offspring,...

5.22.1

`And he who offers the fourth oblation, should offer it to Samana (on-breathing), saying Svaha. T...

5.22.2

`If Samana is satisfied, the mind is satisfied, if the mind is satisfied, Parganya (god of rain) ...

5.23.1

`And he who offers the fifth oblation, should offer it to Udana (out-breathing), saying Svaha. Th...

5.23.2

`If Udana is satisfied, Vayu (air) is satisfied, if Vayu is satisfied, ether is satisfied, if eth...

5.24.1

`If, without knowing this, one offers an Agnihotra, it would be as if a man were to remove the li...

5.24.2

`But he who offers this Agnihotra with a full knowledge of its true purport, he offers it (i.e. h...

5.24.3

`As the soft fibres of the Ishika reed, when thrown into the fire, are burnt, thus all his sins a...

5.24.4

`Even if he gives what is left of his food to a Kandala, it would be offered in his (the Kandala'...

5.24.5

`Even if he gives what is left of his food to a `As hungry children here on earth sit (expectantl...

6.1.1

Harih, Om. There lived once Svetaketu Aruneya (the grandson of Aruna). To him his father (Uddalak...

6.1.2

Having begun his apprenticeship (with a teacher) when he was twelve years of age, Svetaketu retur...

6.1.3

His father said to him: `Svetaketu, as you are so conceited, considering yourself so well-read, a...

6.1.4

`What is that instruction, Sir?' he asked. The father replied: `My dear, as by one clod of clay a...

6.1.5

`And as, my dear, by one nugget of gold all that is made of gold is known, the difference being o...

6.1.6

`And as, my dear, by one pair of nail-scissors all that is made of iron (karshnayasam) is known, ...

6.1.7

The son said: `Surely those venerable men (my teachers) did not know that. For if they had known ...

6.2.1

`In the beginning,' my dear, `there was that only which is {to on, [greek]} one only, without a s...

6.2.2

`But how could it be thus, my dear?' the father continued. `How could that which is, be born of t...

6.2.3

`It thought, may I be many, may I grow forth. It sent forth fire. `That fire thought, may I be ma...

6.2.4

`Water thought, may I be many, may I grow forth. It sent forth earth (food). `Therefore whenever ...

6.3.1

`Of all living things there are indeed three origins only, that which springs from an egg (ovipar...

6.3.2

`That Being (i.e. that which had produced fire, water, and earth) thought, let me now enter those...

6.3.3

`Then that Being having said, Let me make each of these three tripartite (so that fire, water, an...

6.3.4

`He made each of these tripartite; and how these three beings become each of them tripartite, tha...

6.4.1

`The red colour of burning fire (agni) is the colour of fire, the white colour of fire is the col...

6.4.2

`The red colour of the sun (aditya) is the colour of fire, the white of water, the black of earth...

6.4.3

`The red colour of the moon is the colour of fire, the white of water, the black of earth. Thus v...

6.4.4

`The red colour of the lightning is the colour of fire, the white of water, the black of earth. T...

6.4.5

`Great householders and great theologians of olden times who knew this, have declared the same, s...

6.4.6

`Whatever they thought looked red, they knew was the colour of fire. Whatever they thought looked...

6.4.7

`Whatever they thought was altogether unknown, they knew was some combination of those three bein...

6.5.1

`The earth (food) when eaten becomes threefold; its grossest portion becomes feces, its middle po...

6.5.2

`Water when drunk becomes threefold; its grossest portion becomes water, its middle portion blood...

6.5.3

`Fire (i.e. in oil, butter, &c.) when eaten becomes threefold; its grossest portion becomes bone,...

6.5.4

`For truly, my child, mind comes of earth, breath of water, speech of fire.' `Please, Sir, inform...

6.6.1

`That which is the subtile portion of curds, when churned, rises upwards, and becomes butter.

6.6.2

`In the same manner, my child, the subtile portion of earth (food), when eaten, rises upwards, an...

6.6.3

`That which is the subtile portion of water, when drunk, rises upwards, and becomes breath.

6.6.4

`That which is the subtile portion of fire, when consumed, rises upwards, and becomes speech.

6.6.5

`For mind, my child, comes of earth, breath of water, speech of fire.' `Please, Sir, inform me st...

6.7.1

`Man (purusha), my son, consists of sixteen parts. Abstain from food for fifteen days, but drink ...

6.7.2

Svetaketu abstained from food for fifteen days. Then he came to his father and said: `What shall ...

6.7.3

The father said to him: `As of a great lighted fire one coal only of the size of a firefly may be...

6.7.4

`Then wilt thou understand me.' Then Svetaketu ate, and afterwards approached his father. And wha...

6.7.5

`As of a great lighted fire one coal of the size of a firefly, if left, may be made to blaze up a...

6.7.6

`Thus, my dear son, there was one part of the sixteen parts left to you, and that, lighted up wit...

6.8.1

Uddalaka Aruni said to his son Svetaketu: `Learn from me the true nature of sleep (svapna). When ...

6.8.2

`As a bird when tied by a string flies first in every direction, and finding no rest anywhere, se...

6.8.3

`Learn from me, my son, what are hunger and thirst. When a man is thus said to be hungry, water i...

6.8.4

`And where could its root be except in food (earth)? And in the same manner, my son, as food (ear...

6.8.5

`When a man is thus said to be thirsty, fire carries away what has been drunk by him. Therefore a...

6.8.6

`And where could its root be except in water? As water is an offshoot, seek after its root, viz. ...

6.8.7

`Now that which is that subtile essence (the root of all), in it all that exists has its self. It...

6.9.1

`As the bees, my son, make honey by collecting the juices of distant trees, and reduce the juice ...

6.9.2

`And as these juices have no discrimination, so that they might say, I am the juice of this tree ...

6.9.3

`Whatever these creatures are here, whether a lion, or a wolf, or a boar, or a worm, or a midge, ...

6.9.4

`Now that which is that subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It i...

6.10.1

`These rivers, my son, run, the eastern (like the Ganga) toward the east, the western (like the S...

6.10.2

`In the same manner, my son, all these creatures, when they have come back from the True, know no...

6.10.3

`That which is that subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is th...

6.11.1

`If some one were to strike at the root of this large tree here, it would bleed, but live. If he ...

6.11.2

`But if the life (the living Self leaves one of its branches, that branch withers; if it leaves a...

6.11.3

`This (body) indeed withers and dies when the living Self has left it; the living Self dies not. ...

6.12.1

`Fetch me from thence a fruit of the Nyagrodha tree.' `Here is one, Sir.' `Break it.' `It is brok...

6.12.2

The father said: `My son, that subtile essence which you do not perceive there, of that very esse...