Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 6.11
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Chāndogya 6.11.1
अस्य सोम्य महतो वृक्षस्य यो मूलेऽभ्याहन्याज्जीवन्स्रवेद्यो मध्येऽभ्याहन्याज्जीवन्स्रवेद्योऽग्रेऽभ्याहन्याज्जीवन्स्रवेत्स एष जीवेनात्मनानुप्रभूतः पेपीयमानो मोदमानस्तिष्ठति ॥ ६.११.१ ॥
Dear one, if someone strikes this great tree at the root, it oozes sap while still alive; if he strikes it in the middle, it oozes sap while still alive; if he strikes it at the tip, it oozes sap while still alive. Pervaded by the living ātman, drinking water and rejoicing, that tree stands firm.
Chāndogya 6.11.2
अस्य यदेकाँ शाखां जीवो जहात्यथ सा शुष्यति द्वितीयां जहात्यथ सा शुष्यति तृतीयां जहात्यथ सा शुष्यति सर्वं जहाति सर्वः शुष्यत्येवमेव खलु सोम्य विद्धीति होवाच ॥ ६.११.२ ॥
When the living self leaves one branch of this tree, that branch dries up; when it leaves a second, that dries up; when it leaves a third, that dries up; and when it leaves them all, the whole tree dries up. Know it to be so, dear one, he said.
Chāndogya 6.11.3
जीवापेतं वाव किलेदं म्रियते न जीवो म्रियते इति स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदँ सर्वं तत्सत्यँ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच ॥ ६.११.३ ॥
Only when the living self has departed does this body truly die; the living self does not die. That subtle essence is the self of all this; it is the real, it is the ātman, and you, Śvetaketu, are that. Sir, let me be taught it again, he said. So be it, dear one, he replied.