{
  "id": "upanishads/chandogya.6.1.4",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.4/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "chandogya.6.1.4",
  "speaker": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad · Uddālaka Āruṇi to Śvetaketu",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "यथा सोम्यैकेन मृत्पिण्डेन सर्वं मृन्मयं विज्ञातँ स्याद्वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं मृत्तिकेत्येव सत्यम् ॥ ६.१.४ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "yathā somyaikena mṛtpiṇḍena sarvaṃ mṛnmayaṃ vijñātam̐ syādvācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ mṛttiketyeva satyam || 6.1.4 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "yathā",
      "meaning": "just as",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "somya",
      "meaning": "gentle one (dear son)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ekena",
      "meaning": "by one",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mṛt-piṇḍena",
      "meaning": "by a lump of clay",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sarvam",
      "meaning": "all",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mṛnmayam",
      "meaning": "made of clay",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vijñātam",
      "meaning": "known",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "syāt",
      "meaning": "would be",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vāc-ārambhaṇam",
      "meaning": "a name originating in speech",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vikāraḥ",
      "meaning": "a modification",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nāma-dheyam",
      "meaning": "a mere name",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mṛttikā",
      "meaning": "clay",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "only",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "satyam",
      "meaning": "the reality",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "हे सोम्य, जैसे मिट्टी के एक ही पिंड को जान लेने से मिट्टी से बनी सभी वस्तुएँ जान ली जाती हैं, क्योंकि वे केवल वाणी का आरम्भ हैं, विकार हैं, नाम मात्र हैं; सत्य तो केवल यही है कि वे मिट्टी ही हैं।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "அன்புள்ள மகனே, ஒரே ஒரு மண் உருண்டையை அறிந்தால் மண்ணால் ஆன அனைத்தும் அறியப்பட்டதாகிவிடும்; அவை வெறும் பேச்சின் தொடக்கம், மாற்றம், பெயர் மட்டுமே; உண்மை மண்ணே என்பதுதான்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "ప్రియ కుమారా, ఒకే ఒక మట్టి ముద్దను తెలుసుకుంటే మట్టితో చేసిన సమస్తమూ తెలిసినట్లే; అవి కేవలం మాట మొదలైనవి, మార్పులు, పేరు మాత్రమే; సత్యం మట్టియే అన్నదే.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಪ್ರಿಯ ಮಗನೇ, ಒಂದೇ ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ಮುದ್ದೆಯನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದರೆ ಮಣ್ಣಿನಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ತಿಳಿದಂತೆ; ಅವು ಕೇವಲ ಮಾತಿನ ಆರಂಭ, ವಿಕಾರ, ಹೆಸರು ಮಾತ್ರ; ಸತ್ಯವು ಮಣ್ಣೇ ಎಂಬುದೇ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "പ്രിയ പുത്രാ, ഒരു മണ്ണുരുളയെ അറിഞ്ഞാൽ മണ്ണിനാൽ നിർമ്മിതമായതെല്ലാം അറിഞ്ഞതായി; അവ വാക്കിൽ തുടങ്ങിയ, വികാരങ്ങളായ, പേർ മാത്രമുള്ളവയാണ്; സത്യം മണ്ണ് മാത്രമാണ്.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "হে সোম্য, যেমন একটি মাটির পিণ্ড জানলে মাটির তৈরি সবকিছুই জানা হয়; সেগুলি কেবল বাক্যের আরম্ভ, বিকার, নাম মাত্র; সত্য কেবল এই যে তা মৃত্তিকাই।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "हे सोम्या, जसे मातीचा एकच गोळा जाणल्यास मातीपासून बनलेले सर्व जाणले जाते; ते केवळ वाणीने प्रारंभलेले, विकार, नाममात्र आहेत; सत्य केवळ इतकेच की ते माती आहे.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "હે સોમ્ય, જેમ માટીનો એક પિંડ જાણવાથી માટીથી બનેલું સર્વ જાણી લેવાય છે; તે કેવળ વાણીનો આરંભ, વિકાર, નામમાત્ર છે; સત્ય એટલું જ કે તે માટી છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਹੇ ਸੋਮਯ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਪਿੰਡ ਜਾਣ ਲੈਣ ਨਾਲ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦੀ ਬਣੀ ਹਰ ਚੀਜ਼ ਜਾਣੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ; ਉਹ ਕੇਵਲ ਬੋਲ ਦਾ ਆਰੰਭ, ਵਿਕਾਰ, ਨਾਮ ਮਾਤਰ ਹਨ; ਸੱਚ ਇਹੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਹੀ ਹਨ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ହେ ସୋମ୍ୟ, ଯେପରି ମାଟିର ଗୋଟିଏ ପିଣ୍ଡ ଜାଣିଲେ ମାଟିରେ ନିର୍ମିତ ସବୁ ଜଣାଯାଏ; ସେସବୁ କେବଳ ବାକ୍ୟରୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ, ବିକାର, ନାମମାତ୍ର; ସତ୍ୟ କେବଳ ଏହା ଯେ ତାହା ମୃତ୍ତିକା।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "اے سومیہ! جیسے مٹی کا ایک ڈھیلا جان لینے سے مٹی سے بنی ہر چیز جان لی جاتی ہے، کیونکہ وہ محض کلام سے شروع ہونے والی، تبدیلی اور محض نام ہیں؛ سچ صرف یہ ہے کہ وہ مٹی ہی ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Dear one, just as by knowing a single lump of clay one knows everything made of clay, since modifications are only a beginning in speech, a name, while the truth is only that it is clay.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Querido, así como al conocer un solo terrón de arcilla se conoce todo lo hecho de arcilla, pues las modificaciones son solo un comienzo en la palabra, un nombre; la verdad es solo que es arcilla.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Cher enfant, comme en connaissant une seule motte d'argile on connaît tout ce qui est fait d'argile, car les transformations ne sont qu'un commencement dans la parole, un nom ; la vérité est seulement que c'est de l'argile.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Lieber, wie man durch das Erkennen eines einzigen Lehmklumpens alles aus Lehm Gemachte erkennt, denn die Veränderungen sind nur ein Anfang im Wort, ein Name; die Wahrheit ist nur, dass es Lehm ist.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Querido, assim como ao conhecer um único torrão de barro se conhece tudo o que é feito de barro, pois as modificações são apenas um começo na palavra, um nome; a verdade é apenas que é barro.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Милый, как, познав один комок глины, познаёшь всё, сделанное из глины, ибо изменения — лишь начало в слове, имя; истина лишь в том, что это глина.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "亲爱的，正如认识一块泥团，便认识了所有由泥做成的东西；这些变化只是言语的开端、名称；真实只是它们即是泥土。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "愛しい子よ、一つの土の塊を知れば、土で作られたすべてが知られるように。それらは言葉によって始まる変化、名前にすぎず、真実はただそれが土であるということだ。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "يا عزيزي، كما أنك إذا عرفت كتلة واحدة من الطين عرفت كل ما صُنع من الطين، فالتحولات ليست إلا بداية في القول واسمًا، والحق أنه طين فقط.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Anakku, seperti dengan mengetahui satu gumpal tanah liat, seseorang mengetahui segala sesuatu yang terbuat dari tanah liat, karena perubahan hanyalah awal dalam ucapan, sebuah nama; kebenarannya hanyalah bahwa itu tanah liat.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ลูกรัก เปรียบเหมือนเมื่อรู้ก้อนดินเพียงก้อนเดียว ก็รู้ทุกสิ่งที่ทำจากดินทั้งหมด เพราะสิ่งที่เปลี่ยนแปลงไปนั้นเป็นเพียงการเริ่มต้นด้วยถ้อยคำ เป็นเพียงชื่อเรียก ส่วนความจริงมีเพียงว่ามันคือดิน",
      "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 ६” (revision 223618)",
    "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%AC&oldid=223618"
  },
  "topics": [
    "creation",
    "clay",
    "truth",
    "name-and-form"
  ],
  "citation": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.4. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.4/"
}