Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 1.11
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Chāndogya 1.11.1
अथ हैनं यजमान उवाच भगवन्तं वा अहं विविदिषाणीत्युषस्तिरस्मि चाक्रायण इति होवाच ॥ १.११.१ ॥
Then the sacrificer said to him: "Venerable sir, I wish to know." He replied, "I am Uṣasti, son of Cakra."
Chāndogya 1.11.2
स होवाच भगवन्तं वा अहमेभिः सर्वैरार्त्विज्यैः पर्यैषिषं भगवतो वा अहमवित्त्यान्यानवृषि ॥ १.११.२ ॥
He said: "Venerable sir, for all these priestly offices I have searched, but not knowing you, I have chosen others."
Chāndogya 1.11.3
भगवाꣳ स्त्वेव मे सर्वैरार्त्विज्यैरिति तथेत्यथ तर्ह्येत एव समतिसृष्टाः स्तुवतां यावत्त्वेभ्यो धनं दद्यास्तावन्मम दद्या इति तथेति ह यजमान उवाच ॥ १.११.३ ॥
Revered sir, let all the priestly offices be mine in this way. Then, as much wealth as you give to the praisers, give that much to me as well. The sacrificer said, 'So be it.'
Chāndogya 1.11.4
अथ हैनं प्रस्तोतोपससाद प्रस्तोतर्या देवता प्रस्तावमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रस्तोष्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥ १.११.४ ॥
Then the prastotṛ priest approached him and said: 'Prastotṛ, the deity on whom the prastāva depends — if you chant it without knowing it, your head will fall off.' The revered one asked me, 'Which is that deity?'
Chāndogya 1.11.5
प्राण इति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतानि प्राणमेवाभिसंविशन्ति प्राणमभ्युज्जिहते सैषा देवता प्रस्तावमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रास्तोष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति ॥ १.११.५ ॥
He said: 'Breath (prāṇa). Indeed all these beings enter into breath alone and rise up from breath. This is the deity on which the prastāva depends. If you had chanted it without knowing it, your head would have fallen off, just as I told you.'
Chāndogya 1.11.6
अथ हैनमुद्गातोपससादोद्गातर्या देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुद्गास्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥ १.११.६ ॥
Then the udgātṛ priest approached him and said: 'Udgātṛ, the deity on which the udgītha depends — if you chant it without knowing it, your head will fall off.' The revered one asked me, 'Which is that deity?'
Chāndogya 1.11.7
आदित्य इति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतान्यादित्यमुच्चैः सन्तं गायन्ति सैषा देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुदगास्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति ॥ १.११.७ ॥
He said: 'The sun.' All these beings sing aloud to the sun. This deity depends on the udgītha. If you chanted the udgītha without knowing it, your head would fall apart. It is as I have told you.
Chāndogya 1.11.8
अथ हैनं प्रतिहर्तोपससाद प्रतिहर्तर्या देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रतिहरिष्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥ १.११.८ ॥
Then a pratihartṛ priest approached him and said: 'O pratihartṛ, if you sing the pratihāra without knowing the deity it depends on, your head will fall apart.' The venerable one said to me: 'Which deity is that?'
Chāndogya 1.11.9
अन्नमिति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतान्यन्नमेव प्रतिहरमाणानि जीवन्ति सैषा देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रत्यहरिष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति तथोक्तस्य मयेति ॥ १.११.९ ॥
He said: 'Food.' All these beings live by receiving back food alone. This deity depends on the pratihāra. If you had received back without knowing it, your head would fall apart. It is as I have told you. It is as I have told you.