Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7.10
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Chāndogya 7.10.1
आपो वावान्नाद्भूयस्तस्माद्यदा सुवृष्टिर्न भवति व्याधीयन्ते प्राणा अन्नं कनीयो भविष्यतीत्यथ यदा सुवृष्टिर्भवत्यानन्दिनः प्राणा भवन्त्यन्नं बहु भविष्यतीत्याप एवेमा मूर्ता येयं पृथिवी यदन्तरिक्षं यद्द्यौर्यत्पर्वता यद्देवमनुष्या यत्पशवश्च वयाँसि च तृणवनस्पतयः श्वापदान्याकीटपतङ्गपिपीलकमाप एवेमा मूर्ता अप उपास्स्वेति ॥ ७.१०.१ ॥
Water is greater than food. Therefore, when there is no good rain, the breaths become distressed, thinking food will be scarce; and when there is good rain, the breaths rejoice, thinking food will be abundant. This earth, this atmosphere, the sky, the mountains, gods and humans, animals and birds, grasses and trees, beasts of prey, down to insects, moths and ants — these are only water in embodied form. Meditate on water.
Chāndogya 7.10.2
स योऽपो ब्रह्मेत्युपास्त आप्नोति सर्वान्कामाँस्तृप्तिमान्भवति यावदपां गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति । योऽपो ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवोऽद्भ्यो भूय इत्यद्भ्यो वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.१०.२ ॥
One who meditates on water as brahman obtains all desires and becomes satisfied, and has free movement wherever water reaches. (Nārada:) Revered sir, is there something greater than water? (Sanatkumāra:) There is something greater than water. May the revered one tell me that.