Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 6.7
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Chāndogya 6.7.1
षोडशकलः सोम्य पुरुषः पञ्चदशाहानि माशीः काममपः पिबापोमयः प्राणो नपिबतो विच्छेत्स्यत इति ॥ ६.७.१ ॥
My gentle son, a person with sixteen parts should not eat for fifteen days; drink water as you wish. Breath is made of water; if you do not drink, it will be cut off.
Chāndogya 6.7.2
स ह पञ्चदशाहानि नशाथ हैनमुपससाद किं ब्रवीमि भो इत्यृचः सोम्य यजूँषि सामानीति स होवाच न वै मा प्रतिभान्ति भो इति ॥ ६.७.२ ॥
For fifteen days he did not eat; then he approached him and said, 'Sir, what shall I say?' — the ṛk verses, my gentle one, the yajus formulas, the sāman chants. He said, 'Sir, nothing comes to my mind.'
Chāndogya 6.7.3
तँ होवाच यथा सोम्य महतोऽभ्याहितस्यैकोऽङ्गारः खद्योतमात्रः परिशिष्टः स्यात्तेन ततोऽपि न बहु दहेदेवँसोम्य ते षोडशानां कलानामेका कलातिशिष्टा स्यात्तयैतर्हि वेदान्नानुभवस्यशानाथ मे विज्ञास्यसीति ॥ ६.७.३ ॥
He said to him: 'My gentle son, just as in a great heap of fire, only an ember the size of a firefly remains, and with it not much more would burn; so, my gentle one, only one of your sixteen parts remains. By that one you do not now perceive the Vedas. Eat, and then you will understand me.'
Chāndogya 6.7.4
स हशाथ हैनमुपससाद तँ ह यत्किञ्च पप्रच्छ सर्वँह प्रतिपेदे ॥ ६.७.४ ॥
He ate; then he approached him. Whatever he asked him, he understood and grasped it all.
Chāndogya 6.7.5
तँ होवाच यथा सोम्य महतोऽभ्याहितस्यैकमङ्गारं खद्योतमात्रं परिशिष्टं तं तृणैरुपसमाधाय प्राज्वलयेत्तेन ततोऽपि बहु दहेत् ॥ ६.७.५ ॥
He said: Gentle son, as from a great heap of fire a single ember, no bigger than a firefly, is left over; placed near straw and blown upon, it kindles into flame, and by it much more may then be burned.
Chāndogya 6.7.6
एवँ सोम्य ते षोडशानां कलानामेका कलातिशिष्टाभूत्सान्नेनोपसमाहिता प्राज्वालीतयैतर्हि वेदाननुभवस्यन्नमयँहि सोम्य मन आपोमयः प्राणस्तेजोमयी वागिति तद्धास्य विजज्ञाविति विजज्ञाविति ॥ ६.७.६ ॥
So too, gentle son, of the sixteen parts one part remained, and nourished with food it kindled into flame; by that you now experience the Vedas. For the mind, gentle son, is made of food, breath is made of water, speech is made of fire. He understood it, he understood it.