{
  "id": "upanishads/chandogya.5.15.1",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.15.1/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "chandogya.5.15.1",
  "speaker": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad · Aśvapati Kaikeya to Janaśarkarākṣya",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "अथ होवाच जनँशार्कराक्ष्य कं त्वमात्मानमुपास्स इत्याकाशमेव भगवो राजन्निति होवाचैष वै बहुल आत्मा वैश्वानरो यं त्वमात्मानमुपस्से तस्मात्त्वं बहुलोऽसि प्रजया च धनेन च ॥ ५.१५.१ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "atha hovāca janam̐śārkarākṣya kaṃ tvamātmānamupāssa ityākāśameva bhagavo rājanniti hovācaiṣa vai bahula ātmā vaiśvānaro yaṃ tvamātmānamupasse tasmāttvaṃ bahulo'si prajayā ca dhanena ca || 5.15.1 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "atha",
      "meaning": "then",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "Janam",
      "meaning": "Jana (name)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "Śārkarākṣyam",
      "meaning": "son of Śarkarākṣa (patronymic)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kam",
      "meaning": "which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tvam",
      "meaning": "you",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmānam",
      "meaning": "self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāsse",
      "meaning": "meditate upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ākāśam",
      "meaning": "space, ether",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhagavaḥ",
      "meaning": "venerable sir",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rājan",
      "meaning": "king",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vai",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bahulaḥ",
      "meaning": "abundant",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vaiśvānaraḥ",
      "meaning": "Vaiśvānara",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yam",
      "meaning": "which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tvam",
      "meaning": "you",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmānam",
      "meaning": "self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upasse",
      "meaning": "meditate upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tasmāt",
      "meaning": "therefore",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tvam",
      "meaning": "you",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bahulaḥ",
      "meaning": "abundant",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asi",
      "meaning": "are",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prajayā",
      "meaning": "with offspring",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meaning": "and",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dhanena",
      "meaning": "with wealth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meaning": "and",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "तब उसने शार्कराक्ष्य जन से कहा: 'तुम किस आत्मा की उपासना करते हो?' 'हे भगवन् राजन्, मैं आकाश की ही उपासना करता हूँ', उसने कहा। 'यह वैश्वानर आत्मा विस्तृत है, जिसकी तुम उपासना करते हो; इसीलिए तुम संतति और धन से समृद्ध हो।'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "பின்பு அவர் சார்க்கராக்ஷ்யரான ஜனரிடம் கூறினார்: 'நீ எந்த ஆத்மாவை உபாசிக்கிறாய்?' 'பகவானே, அரசே, நான் ஆகாசத்தையே உபாசிக்கிறேன்' என்று அவர் கூறினார். 'இந்த வைசுவானர ஆத்மா பரந்தது; நீ உபாசிக்கும் அந்த ஆத்மாவால்தான் நீ மக்களாலும் செல்வத்தாலும் செழிப்புடையவனாக இருக்கிறாய்.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "అప్పుడు ఆయన శార్కరాక్ష్యుడైన జనునితో అన్నాడు: 'నువ్వు ఏ ఆత్మను ఉపాసిస్తున్నావు?' 'భగవాన్, రాజా, నేను ఆకాశాన్నే ఉపాసిస్తున్నాను' అని అతను చెప్పాడు. 'ఈ వైశ్వానర ఆత్మ విస్తారమైనది; నువ్వు ఉపాసించే ఆ ఆత్మ కారణంగానే నువ్వు సంతానంతో, ధనంతో సమృద్ధిగా ఉన్నావు.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ನಂತರ ಅವರು ಶಾರ್ಕರಾಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಜನನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು: 'ನೀನು ಯಾವ ಆತ್ಮನನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೀಯ?' 'ಭಗವನ್, ರಾಜನೇ, ನಾನು ಆಕಾಶವನ್ನೇ ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ' ಎಂದು ಅವನು ಹೇಳಿದ. 'ಈ ವೈಶ್ವಾನರ ಆತ್ಮನು ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದವನು; ನೀನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವ ಆ ಆತ್ಮನ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದಲೇ ನೀನು ಸಂತಾನದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತು ಧನದಿಂದ ಸಮೃದ್ಧನಾಗಿದ್ದೀಯ.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "അനന്തരം അദ്ദേഹം ശാർക്കരാക്ഷ്യനായ ജനനോട് പറഞ്ഞു: 'നീ ഏത് ആത്മാവിനെയാണ് ഉപാസിക്കുന്നത്?' 'ഭഗവാനേ, രാജാവേ, ഞാൻ ആകാശത്തെത്തന്നെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു' എന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം പറഞ്ഞു. 'ഈ വൈശ്വാനര ആത്മാവ് വിപുലമാണ്; നീ ഉപാസിക്കുന്ന ആ ആത്മാവിനാൽ തന്നെയാണ് നീ സന്താനങ്ങളാലും ധനത്താലും സമൃദ്ധനായിരിക്കുന്നത്.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "তখন তিনি শার্করাক্ষ্য জনকে বললেন: 'তুমি কোন আত্মাকে উপাসনা কর?' 'হে ভগবান, রাজা, আমি আকাশকেই উপাসনা করি', তিনি বললেন। 'এই বৈশ্বানর আত্মা বিস্তৃত; তুমি যে আত্মাকে উপাসনা কর, তাঁরই জন্য তুমি সন্তান ও ধনে সমৃদ্ধ।'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "मग तो शार्कराक्ष्य जनाला म्हणाला: 'तू कोणत्या आत्म्याची उपासना करतोस?' 'हे भगवन्, राजा, मी आकाशाचीच उपासना करतो', असे तो म्हणाला. 'हा वैश्वानर आत्मा विस्तीर्ण आहे; तू ज्या आत्म्याची उपासना करतोस त्यामुळेच तू संतती आणि धनाने समृद्ध आहेस.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "પછી તેમણે શાર્કરાક્ષ્ય જનને કહ્યું: 'તું કયા આત્માની ઉપાસના કરે છે?' 'હે ભગવન્, રાજન, હું આકાશની જ ઉપાસના કરું છું', તેણે કહ્યું. 'આ વૈશ્વાનર આત્મા વિસ્તૃત છે; તું જે આત્માની ઉપાસના કરે છે તેને કારણે તું સંતાન અને ધનથી સમૃદ્ધ છે.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਾਰਕਰਾਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਯ ਜਨ ਨੂੰ ਆਖਿਆ: 'ਤੂੰ ਕਿਸ ਆਤਮਾ ਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈਂ?' 'ਹੇ ਭਗਵਾਨ, ਰਾਜਾ, ਮੈਂ ਤਾਂ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਦੀ ਹੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ', ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ। 'ਇਹ ਵੈਸ਼ਵਾਨਰ ਆਤਮਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਹੈ; ਤੂੰ ਜਿਸ ਆਤਮਾ ਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈਂ, ਉਸੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਤੂੰ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਧਨ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਹੈਂ।'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ଏଥର ସେ ଶାର୍କରାକ୍ଷ୍ୟ ଜନଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ: 'ତୁମେ କେଉଁ ଆତ୍ମାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କର?' 'ହେ ଭଗବନ୍, ରାଜନ୍, ମୁଁ ଆକାଶକୁ ହିଁ ଉପାସନା କରେ', ସେ କହିଲେ। 'ଏହି ବୈଶ୍ୱାନର ଆତ୍ମା ବିସ୍ତୃତ; ତୁମେ ଯେଉଁ ଆତ୍ମାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କର, ସେହି କାରଣରୁ ତୁମେ ସନ୍ତାନ ଓ ଧନରେ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ।'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "پھر انہوں نے شارکراکشیہ جن سے کہا: 'تم کس آتما کی عبادت کرتے ہو؟' 'اے بھگوان، بادشاہ، میں تو آکاش ہی کی عبادت کرتا ہوں'، اس نے کہا۔ 'یہ ویشوانر آتما وسیع ہے؛ جس آتما کی تم عبادت کرتے ہو اسی کے سبب تم اولاد اور دولت سے بھرپور ہو۔'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Then he said to Janaśarkarākṣya: 'Which ātman do you meditate upon?' 'Venerable sir, king, I meditate upon space (ākāśa) alone,' he replied. 'This Vaiśvānara ātman is abundant. Because of the ātman you meditate upon, you are abundant in offspring and wealth.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Entonces le dijo a Jana Śārkarākṣya: '¿A qué ātman meditas?' 'Venerable señor, rey, medito solo en el espacio (ākāśa)', respondió. 'Este ātman Vaiśvānara es abundante. Por el ātman en el que meditas, eres abundante en descendencia y riqueza.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Puis il dit à Jana Śārkarākṣya : « Quel ātman médites-tu ? » « Vénérable seigneur, roi, je médite seulement sur l'espace (ākāśa) », répondit-il. « Cet ātman Vaiśvānara est abondant. Grâce à l'ātman que tu médites, tu es riche en descendance et en biens. »",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Dann sprach er zu Jana Śārkarākṣya: \"Welchen ātman verehrst du?\" \"Ehrwürdiger Herr, König, ich verehre nur den Raum (ākāśa)\", antwortete er. \"Dieser Vaiśvānara-ātman ist reichlich. Wegen des ātman, den du verehrst, bist du reich an Nachkommen und Besitz.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Então disse a Jana Śārkarākṣya: \"Que ātman meditas?\" \"Venerável senhor, rei, medito somente no espaço (ākāśa)\", respondeu. \"Este ātman Vaiśvānara é abundante. Por causa do ātman em que meditas, és abundante em descendência e riqueza.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Затем он сказал Джане Шаркараксье: «Какой атман ты почитаешь?» «Почтенный господин, царь, я почитаю только пространство (ākāśa)», ответил тот. «Этот атман Вайшванара обилен. Благодаря атману, которого ты почитаешь, ты богат потомством и богатством».",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "于是他对沙尔伽拉阿克沙的儿子生说：“你崇拜哪一个自我？”他答道：“尊贵的大王，我只崇拜虚空（ākāśa）。”他说：“这毗首婆罗自我广大丰饶。正因为你崇拜的那个自我，你在子嗣与财富上丰饶。”",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "そこで彼はシャールカラークシャの子ジャナに言った。「お前はどのアートマンを礼拝するのか。」「尊いお方よ、王よ、私はただ虚空（アーカーシャ）を礼拝しております」と彼は答えた。「このヴァイシュヴァーナラ・アートマンは豊かである。お前が礼拝するそのアートマンのゆえに、お前は子孫と富に恵まれているのだ。」",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "ثم قال لجانا شاركاراكشيا: «أيّ آتمان تتعبّد؟» قال: «أيها السيد المبارك، أيها الملك، إنما أتعبّد للفضاء (الآكاشا) وحده». قال: «إن هذا الآتمان الفيشفانارا وافر. فلأجل الآتمان الذي تتعبّد له أنت وافر بالذرية والمال.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Lalu ia berkata kepada Jana Śārkarākṣya: \"Ātman mana yang engkau puja?\" \"Wahai yang mulia, raja, aku hanya memuja ruang hampa (ākāśa),\" jawabnya. \"Ātman Vaiśvānara ini melimpah. Karena ātman yang engkau puja itulah engkau berlimpah dengan keturunan dan kekayaan.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "จากนั้นพระองค์ตรัสกับชนชรเกราะรากษะว่า ท่านบูชาอาตมันใดอยู่ ชนชรเกราะตอบว่า ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า พระราชา ข้าบูชาเพียงอากาศ พระองค์ตรัสว่า อาตมันไวศวานระนี้มั่งคั่ง เพราะอาตมันที่ท่านบูชา ท่านจึงมั่งคั่งด้วยบุตรและทรัพย์",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Wikisource, page “छान्दोग्योपनिषद्/अध्यायः ५” (revision 223617)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%2F%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AB&oldid=223617"
  },
  "topics": [
    "vaiśvānara",
    "akasha",
    "upasana",
    "wealth"
  ],
  "citation": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.15.1. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.15.1/"
}