Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7.8
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Chāndogya 7.8.1
बलं वाव विज्ञानाद्भूयोऽपि ह शतं विज्ञानवतामेको बलवानाकम्पयते । स यदा बली भवत्यथोत्थाता भवत्युत्तिष्ठन्परिचरिता भवति परिचरन्नुपसत्ता भवत्युपसीदन्द्रष्टा भवति श्रोता भवति मन्ता भवति बोद्धा भवति कर्ता भवति विज्ञाता भवति । बलेन वै पृथिवी तिष्ठति बलेनान्तरिक्षं बलेन द्यौर्बलेन पर्वता बलेन देवमनुष्या बलेन पशवश्च वयाँसि च तृणवनस्पतयः श्वापदान्याकीटपतङ्गपिपीलकं बलेन लोकस्तिष्ठति बलमुपास्स्वेति ॥ ७.८.१ ॥
Indeed strength is greater than knowledge; one strong man makes even a hundred knowing men tremble. When a man is strong, he becomes one who rises; rising, he becomes one who serves; serving, he becomes one who draws near; drawing near, he becomes one who sees, hears, thinks, understands, acts, and knows. By strength the earth stands, by strength the atmosphere, by strength the sky, by strength the mountains, by strength gods and humans, by strength cattle and birds, grasses and trees, beasts of prey, down to insects, moths and ants: by strength the world stands. Revere strength.
Chāndogya 7.8.2
स यो बलं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते यावद्बलस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो बलं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवो बलाद्भूय इति बलाद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ ७.८.२ ॥
Whoever reveres strength as brahman, as far as strength reaches, there he has free movement at will. Whoever reveres strength as brahman. (Narada:) Revered one, is there something greater than strength? (Sanatkumara:) There is something greater than strength. Let the revered one tell me that.