Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 5.1

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Chāndogya 5.1.1

यो ह वै ज्येष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च वेद ज्येष्ठश्च ह वै श्रेष्ठश्च भवति प्राणो वाव ज्येष्ठश्च श्रेष्ठश्च ॥ ५.१.१ ॥

Whoever knows the eldest and the best becomes indeed the eldest and the best. Prāṇa (breath) is indeed the eldest and the best.

Chāndogya 5.1.2

यो ह वै वसिष्ठं वेद वसिष्ठो ह स्वानां भवति वाग्वाव वसिष्ठः ॥ ५.१.२ ॥

Whoever knows the most excellent becomes indeed the most excellent among his own kin. Speech (vāc) is indeed the most excellent.

Chāndogya 5.1.3

यो ह वै प्रतिष्ठां वेद प्रति ह तिष्ठत्यस्मिँश्च लोकेऽमुष्मिँश्च चक्षुर्वाव प्रतिष्ठा ॥ ५.१.३ ॥

Whoever knows the foundation firmly stands in this world and in that world. The eye (cakṣus) is indeed the foundation.

Chāndogya 5.1.4

यो ह वै सम्पदं वेद सँहास्मै कामाः पद्यन्ते दैवाश्च मानुषाश्च श्रोत्रं वाव सम्पत् ॥ ५.१.४ ॥

Whoever knows prosperity, all desires, both divine and human, come together to him. Hearing (śrotra) is indeed prosperity.

Chāndogya 5.1.5

यो ह वा आयतनं वेदायतनँ ह स्वानां भवति मनो ह वा आयतनम् ॥ ५.१.५ ॥

He who knows the āyatana becomes a support to his own people. Indeed, the mind is the āyatana.

Chāndogya 5.1.6

अथ ह प्राणा अहँश्रेयसि व्यूदिरेऽहँश्रेयानस्म्यहँ श्रेयानस्मीति ॥ ५.१.६ ॥

Then the vital breaths quarrelled over superiority, each saying: 'I am superior, I am superior.'

Chāndogya 5.1.7

ते ह प्राणाः प्रजापतिं पितरमेत्योचुर्भगवन्को नः श्रेष्ठ इति तान्होवाच यस्मिन्व उत्क्रान्ते शरीरं पापिष्ठतरमिव दृश्येत स वः श्रेष्ठ इति ॥ ५.१.७ ॥

The vital breaths approached their father Prajāpati and said: 'Venerable one, who among us is the best?' He told them: 'He among you whose departure would make the body appear most wretched, he is the best among you.'

Chāndogya 5.1.8

सा ह वागुच्चक्राम सा संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथा कला अवदन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह वाक् ॥ ५.१.८ ॥

Speech departed upward. After a year away, she returned and said: 'How could you live without me?' Like the mute who do not speak but breathe with the breath, see with the eye, hear with the ear, and think with the mind—saying this, speech re-entered.

Chāndogya 5.1.9

चक्षुर्होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथान्धा अपश्यन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेण ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह चक्षुः ॥ ५.१.९ ॥

The eye departed upward. Having been away for a year and gone around, it said: "How were you able to live without me?" Like the blind, who live without seeing, breathing with prāṇa, speaking with speech, hearing with the ear, and thinking with the mind alone, saying this, the eye entered again.

Chāndogya 5.1.10

श्रोत्रँ होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथा बधिरा अशृण्वन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह श्रोत्रम् ॥ ५.१.१० ॥

The ear departed upward. Having been away for a year and gone around, it said: "How were you able to live without me?" Like the deaf, who live without hearing, breathing with prāṇa, speaking with speech, seeing with the eye, and thinking with the mind alone, saying this, the ear entered again.

Chāndogya 5.1.11

मनो होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथा बाला अमनसः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा शृण्वन्तः श्रोत्रेणैवमिति प्रविवेश ह मनः ॥ ५.१.११ ॥

The mind departed upward. Having been away for a year and gone around, it said: "How were you able to live without me?" Like children without mind, who live breathing with prāṇa, speaking with speech, seeing with the eye, and hearing with the ear, saying this, the mind entered again.

Chāndogya 5.1.12

अथ ह प्राण उच्चिक्रमिषन्स यथा सुहयः पड्वीशशङ्कून्संखिदेदेवमितरान्प्राणान्समखिदत्तँहाभिसमेत्योचुर्भगवन्नेधि त्वं नः श्रेष्ठोऽसि मोत्क्रमीरिति ॥ ५.१.१२ ॥

Then the breath, the prāṇa, was about to depart upward. As a fine horse pulls up the pegs to which it is tethered, so it pulled up the other breaths. Then they all gathered together and said: "Revered one, stay! You are the best among us; do not depart upward."