Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 1.1
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Chāndogya 1.1.1
ओमित्येतदक्षरमुपासीत । ओमिति ह्युद्गायति तस्योपव्याख्यानम् ॥ १.१.१ ॥
One should meditate upon this syllable, om, the imperishable. For the udgātṛ sings by saying 'om'; this is its elaboration.
Chāndogya 1.1.2
एषा भूतानां पृथिवी रसः पृथिव्या अपो रसः अपामोषधयो रस ओषधीनां पुरुषो रसः पुरुषस्य वाग्रसो वाच ऋग्रस ऋचः साम रसः साम्न उद्गीथो रसः ॥ १.१.२ ॥
This earth is the essence of beings; the essence of earth is water; the essence of water is plants; the essence of plants is man; the essence of man is speech; the essence of speech is the ṛk; the essence of the ṛk is the sāman; the essence of the sāman is the udgītha.
Chāndogya 1.1.3
स एष रसानाꣳ रसतमः परमः परार्ध्योऽष्टमो यदुद्गीथः ॥ १.१.३ ॥
That udgītha, this one, is the most essential of essences, the supreme, the most excellent, the eighth.
Chāndogya 1.1.4
कतमा कतमर्क्कतमत्कतमत्साम कतमः कतम उद्गीथ इति विमृष्टं भवति ॥ १.१.४ ॥
Which is the ṛk? Which the sāman? Which the yajus? Which the udgītha? Thus it is pondered.
Chāndogya 1.1.5
वागेवर्क्प्राणः सामोमित्येतदक्षरमुद्गीथस्तद्वा एतन्मिथुनं यद्वाक्च प्राणश्चर्क्च साम च ॥ १.१.५ ॥
Speech is the ṛc, breath is the sāman. This syllable om is the udgītha. This is the pair: speech and breath, ṛc and sāman.
Chāndogya 1.1.6
तदेतन्मिथुनमोमित्येतस्मिन्नक्षरे सꣳ सृज्यते यदा वै मिथुनौ समागच्छत आपयतो वै तावन्योन्यस्य कामम् ॥ १.१.६ ॥
This pair is joined together in this syllable om. When the pair come together, they attain each other's desire.
Chāndogya 1.1.7
आपयिता ह वै कामानां भवति य एतदेवं विद्वानक्षरमुद्गीथमुपास्ते ॥ १.१.७ ॥
He who knows this thus and meditates on the udgītha, this syllable, becomes indeed a fulfiller of desires.
Chāndogya 1.1.8
तद्वा एतदनुज्ञाक्षरं यद्धि किञ्चानुजानात्योमित्येव तदाहैषो एव समृद्धिर्यदनुज्ञा समर्धयिता ह वै कामानां भवति य एतदेवं विद्वानक्षरमुद्गीथमुपास्ते ॥ १.१.८ ॥
This syllable is assent, for whatever a person assents to, he says only 'om'. This is indeed fulfillment, this is assent. He who knows this thus and meditates on the udgītha, this syllable, becomes indeed a fulfiller of desires.
Chāndogya 1.1.9
तेनेयं त्रयीविद्या वर्तते ओमित्याश्रावयत्योमितिशꣳसत्योमित्युद्गायत्येतस्यैवाक्षरस्यापचित्यै महिम्ना रसेन ॥ १.१.९ ॥
By this, the threefold knowledge proceeds. Om is said as the call to hear (āśrāvaṇa), om is said as the recitation (śaṃsana), om is sung aloud as the udgāna, all in order to honour this syllable, through its greatness and essence.
Chāndogya 1.1.10
तेनोभौ कुरुतो यश्चैतदेवं वेद यश्च न वेद । नाना तु विद्या चाविद्या च यदेव विद्यया करोति श्रद्धयोपनिषदा तदेव वीर्यवत्तरं भवतीति खल्वेतस्यैवाक्षरस्योपव्याख्यानं भवति ॥ १.१.१० ॥
By that, both do: the one who knows it thus and the one who does not. But knowledge and ignorance are different; whatever is done with knowledge, with faith, with the upaniṣad (hidden teaching), that alone becomes more potent. This is the further explanation of this syllable.