Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 8.9
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Chāndogya 8.9.1
अथ हेन्द्रोऽप्राप्यैव देवानेतद्भयं ददर्श यथैव खल्वयमस्मिञ्छरीरे साध्वलंकृते साध्वलङ्कृतो भवति सुवसने सुवसनः परिष्कृते परिष्कृत एवमेवायमस्मिन्नन्धेऽन्धो भवति स्रामे स्रामः परिवृक्णे परिवृक्णोऽस्यैव शरीरस्य नाशमन्वेष नश्यति नाहमत्र भोग्यं पश्यामीति ॥ ८.९.१ ॥
Then Indra, without reaching the gods, saw this danger: just as this body, when well adorned, becomes adorned, when wearing fine clothes becomes well-clothed, when decked out becomes decorated, so too, when it becomes blind, becomes blind; when lame, becomes lame; when mutilated, becomes mutilated. Seek out the destruction of this very body; it perishes. I see nothing here to enjoy.
Chāndogya 8.9.2
स समित्पाणिः पुनरेयाय तꣳ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच मघवन्यच्छान्तहृदयः प्राव्राजीः सार्धं विरोचनेन किमिच्छन्पुनरागम इति स होवाच यथैव खल्वयं भगवोऽस्मिञ्छरीरे साध्वलङ्कृते साध्वलङ्कृतो भवति सुवसने सुवसनः परिष्कृते परिष्कृत एवमेवायमस्मिन्नन्धेऽन्धो भवति स्रामे स्रामः परिवृक्णे परिवृक्णोऽस्यैव शरीरस्य नाशमन्वेष नश्यति नाहमत्र भोग्यं पश्यामीति ॥ ८.९.२ ॥
He came back again, with firewood in hand. Prajāpati said to him: 'Maghavan, you went forth with a calm heart, together with Virocana. What do you desire, that you have returned?' He said: 'Sir, just as this body, when well adorned, becomes well adorned, when wearing fine clothes becomes well-clothed, when decked out becomes decorated; so too, when it becomes blind, becomes blind; when lame, becomes lame; when mutilated, becomes mutilated. Seek out the destruction of this very body; it perishes. I see nothing here to enjoy.'
Chāndogya 8.9.3
एवमेवैष मघवन्निति होवाचैतं त्वेव ते भूयोऽनुव्याख्यास्यामि वसापराणि द्वात्रिꣳशतं वर्षाणीति स हापराणि द्वात्रिꣳशतं वर्षाण्युवास तस्मै होवाच ॥ ८.९.३ ॥
'Maghavan, it is exactly so.' Saying this, he said: 'I will explain this to you again in full. Stay another thirty-two years.' So he stayed another thirty-two years, and he was told this by him.