Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7.15
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Chāndogya 7.15.1
प्राणो वा आशाया भूयान्यथा वा अरा नाभौ समर्पिता एवमस्मिन्प्राणे सर्वँ समर्पितं प्राणः प्राणेन याति प्राणः प्राणं ददाति प्राणाय ददाति प्राणो ह पिता प्राणो माता प्राणो भ्राता प्राणः स्वसा प्राण आचार्यः प्राणो ब्राह्मणः ॥ ७.१५.१ ॥
Breath (prāṇa) is greater than hope. Just as the spokes of a chariot wheel are fixed in its hub, so in this breath everything is fixed. Breath moves by breath, breath gives to breath. Breath is the father, breath is the mother, breath is the brother, breath is the sister, breath is the teacher, breath is the brahmin.
Chāndogya 7.15.2
स यदि पितरं वा मातरं वा भ्रातरं वा स्वसारं वाचार्यं वा ब्राह्मणं वा किञ्चिद्भृशमिव प्रत्याह धिक्त्वास्त्वित्येवैनमाहुः पितृहा वै त्वमसि मातृहा वै त्वमसि भ्रातृहा वै त्वमसि स्वसृहा वै त्वमस्याचार्यहा वै त्वमसि ब्राह्मणहा वै त्वमसीति ॥ ७.१५.२ ॥
If he speaks harshly to his father, mother, brother, sister, teacher or a brahmin, people say to him: 'Shame on you, so be it.' 'You are indeed a slayer of father, you are indeed a slayer of mother, you are indeed a slayer of brother, you are indeed a slayer of sister, you are indeed a slayer of teacher, you are indeed a slayer of brahmin.'
Chāndogya 7.15.3
अथ यद्यप्येनानुत्क्रान्तप्राणाञ्छूलेन समासं व्यतिषंदहेन्नैवैनं ब्रूयुः पितृहासीति न मातृहासीति न भ्रातृहासीति न स्वसृहासीति नाचार्यहासीति न ब्राह्मणहासीति ॥ ७.१५.३ ॥
Even if, with his breaths departed, one were to burn him completely on a stake, they would not say to him: 'You are a slayer of father', nor 'a slayer of mother', nor 'a slayer of brother', nor 'a slayer of sister', nor 'a slayer of teacher', nor 'a slayer of brahmin'.
Chāndogya 7.15.4
प्राणो ह्येवैतानि सर्वाणि भवति स वा एष एवं पश्यन्नेवं मन्वान एवं विजानन्नतिवादी भवति तं चेद्ब्रूयुरतिवाद्यसीत्यतिवाद्यस्मीति ब्रूयान्नापह्नुवीत ॥ ७.१५.४ ॥
Indeed breath becomes all of these. He who sees thus, thinks thus, and knows thus becomes one who speaks beyond (a bold speaker). If people say to him, 'You are a bold speaker', he should say, 'I am a bold speaker'; he should not deny it.