Chandogya Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 6.14

ChUpBh_6,13.3 sa ya ityādi samānam /
yadyevaṃ lavaṇāṇimavadindriyairanupalabhyamānamapi jaganmūlaṃ sadupāyāntareṇopalabdhuṃ śakyate yadupalambhātkṛtārthaḥ syāmanupalambhāccākṛtārthaḥ syāmahaṃ tasyaivopalabdhau ka upāya ityetadbhūya eva mā bhagavānvijñāpayatu dṛṣṭāntena tathā somyeti hovāca //3//
iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi ṣaṣṭhādhyāyasya trayodaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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yathā somya puruṣaṃ gandhārebhyo 'bhinaddhākṣam ānīya taṃ tato 'tijane visṛjet |
sa yathā tatra prāṅ vodaṅ vā adharāṅ vā pratyaṅ vā pradhmāyītābhinaddhākṣa ānīto 'bhinaddhākṣo visṛṣṭaḥ

ChUpBh_6,14.1 yathā loke he somya puruṣaṃ yaṃ kañcidgandhārebhyo janapadebhyo 'bhinaddhākṣaṃ baddhacakṣuṣamānīya dravyahartā taskarastamabhinaddhākṣameva baddhahastamaraṇye tato 'pyatijane 'tigatajane 'tyantavigatajane deśe visṛjetsa tatra digbhramopeto yathā prāṅvā prāgañcanaḥ prāṅmukho, vetyarthaḥ /
tathodaṅvādharāṅvā pratyaṅvā pradhmāyīta śabdaṃ kuryādvikrośet /
abhinaddhākṣo 'haṃ gandhārebhyastaskareṇā'nīto 'bhinaddhākṣa eva visṛṣṭa iti //1 //
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tasya yathābhinahanaṃ pramucya prabrūyād etāṃ diśaṃ gandhārā etāṃ diśaṃ vrajeti |
sa grāmād grāmaṃ pṛcchan paṇḍito medhāvī gandhārān evopasaṃpadyeta |
evam evehācāryavān puruṣo veda |
tasya tāvad eva ciraṃ yāvan na vimokṣye 'tha saṃpatsya iti

ChUpBh_6,14.2 evaṃ vikrośatastasya yathābhinahanaṃ yathābandhanaṃ pramucya muktvā kāruṇikaḥ kaścidetāṃ diśamuttarato gandhārā etāṃ diśaṃ vrajeti prabrūyātsa evaṃ kāruṇikena bandhanānmokṣito grāmādgrāmāntaraṃ pṛcchanpaṇḍita upadeśavānmedhāvo paropadiṣṭagrāmapraveśamārgāvadhāraṇasamarthaḥ sangandhārānevopasampadyeta netaro mūḍhamatirdeśāntaradarśanatṛḍvā /
yathāyaṃ dṛṣṭānto varṇitaḥ svaviṣayebhyo gandhārebhyaḥ puruṣastaskarairabhinaddhākṣo 'viveko diṅmūḍho 'śanāyāpipāsādimānvyāghrataskarādyanekabhayānatharvrātayutamaraṇyaṃ praveśito duḥkhārto vikrośanbandhanebhyo mumukṣustiṣṭhati sa kathañcideva kāruṇikena kenacinmokṣitaḥ svadeśāngandhārānevā'panno nirvṛtaḥ sukhyabhūt /
evameva sato jagadātmanaḥ svarūpāttejovannādimayaṃ dehāraṇyaṃ vātapittakapharudhiramedomāṃsāsthimajjāśukrakṛmimūtrapurīṣavacchītoṣṇādyanekadvandvasukhaduḥkhavaccedaṃ mohapaṭābhinaddhākṣo bhāryāputramitrapaśubandhvādidṛṣṭādṛṣṭānekaviṣayatṛṣṇāpāśitaḥ puṇyāpuṇyāditaskaraiḥ praveśito"'hamamuṣya putro mamaite bāndhavāḥ sukhyahaṃ duḥkhī mūḍhaḥ paṇḍito dhārmiko bandhumāñjāto mṛto jīrṇaḥ pāpī putro me mṛto dhanaṃ me naṣṭaṃ hā hato 'smi kathaṃ jāviṣyāmi kā me gatiḥ kiṃ me trāṇam" ityevamanekaśatasahasrānarthajālavānvikrośankathañcideva puṇyātiśayātparamakāruṇikaṃ kañcitsadbrahmātmavidaṃ vimuktabandhanaṃ brahmiṣṭhaṃ yadā'sādayati tena ca brahmavidā kāruṇyāddarśitasaṃsāraviṣayadoṣadarśanamārgo viraktaḥ saṃsāraviṣayebhyo nāsi tvaṃ saṃsāryamuṣya putratvādidharmavānkiṃ tarhi sadyattattvamasītyavidyāmohapaṭābhinahanānmokṣito gandhārapuruṣavacca svaṃ sadātmānamupasampadya sukhī nirvṛtaḥ syādityetamevārthamāhā'cāryavānpuruṣo vedeti tasyāsyaivamācāryavato muktāvidyābhinahanasya tāvadeva tāvāneva kālaściraṃ kṣepaḥ sadātmasvarūpasampatteriti vākyaśeṣaḥ /
kiyānkālaściramityucyate yāvanna vimokṣye na vimokṣyata ityetatpuruṣavyatyanena /
sāmarthyāt /
yena karmaṇā śarīramārabdhaṃ tasyopabhogena yenāthaśabda ānantaryārthaḥ syāt /
nanu yathā sadvijñānāntarameva dehapātaḥ satsampattiśca na bhavati karmaśeṣavaśāttathāpravṛttaphalāni prāgjñānotpatterjanmāntarasañcitānyapi karmāṇi santīti tatphalopabhogārthaṃ patite 'smiñśarīrāntaramārabdhavyam /
utpanne ca jñāne yāvajjīvaṃ vihitāni pratiṣiddhāni vā karmāṇi karotyeveti tatphalopabhogārthaṃ cāvaśyaṃ śarīrāntaramārabdhavyaṃ tataśca karmāṇi tataḥ śarīrāntaramiti jñānārthakyaṃ karmaṇāṃ phalavattvāt /
atha jñānavataḥ kṣīyante karmāṇi tadā jñānaprāptisamakālameva jñānasya satsampattihetutvānmokṣaḥ syāditi śarīrapātaḥ syāt /
tathācā'cāryābhāva "ityācāryavānpuruṣo vede"tyācāryavattvānupapattirjñānānmokṣābhāvaprasaṅgaśca /
deśāntaraprāptyupāyajñānavadanaikāntikaphalatvaṃ vā jñānasya /
na /
karmaṇāṃ pravṛttāpravṛttaphalavattvaviśeṣopapatteḥ /
yaduktamapravṛttaphalānāṃ karmamāṃ dhruvaphalavattvādbrahmavidaḥ śarīre patite śarīrāntaramārabdhavyamapravṛttakarmaphalopabhogātharmityetadasat /
viduṣa"stasya tāvadeva ciram" iti śruteḥ prāmāṇyāt /
nanu"puṇyo vai pumyena karmaṇābhavati"ityādiśruterapi prāmāṇyameva /
tasyamevam /
tathāpi pravṛttaphalānāmapravṛttaphalānāṃ ca karmaṇāṃ viśeṣo 'sti /
katham /
yāni pravṛttaphalāni karmāṇi yairvidvaccharīramārabdhaṃ teṣāmupabhogenaiva kṣayaḥ /
yathā'rahdhavegasya lakṣyamukteṣvādervegakṣayādeva sthitirna tu lakṣyavedhasamakālameva prayojanaṃ nāstīti tadvat /
anyāni tvapravṛttaphalānīha prāgjñānotpatterūrdhvaṃ ca kṛtāni vā kriyamāṇāni vātītajanmāntarakṛtāni vāpravṛttaphalāni jñānena dahyante prāyaścitteneva /
"kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi"iti cā'tharvaṇe /
ato brahmavido jīvanādiprayojanābhāve 'pi pravṛttaphalānāṃ karmaṇāmavaśyameva phalopabhogaḥ syāditi mukteṣuvattasya tāvadeva ciramiti yuktamevoktamiti yathoktadoṣacodanānupapattiḥ jñānotpatterūrdhvaṃ ca brahmavidaḥ karmābhāvamavocāma"brahmasaṃstho 'mṛtatvametī"tyatra /
tacca smartumarhasi //2 //
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sa ya eṣo 'ṇimaitad ātmyam idaṃ sarvam |
tat satyam |
sa ātmā |
tat tvam asi śvetaketo iti |
bhūya eva mā bhagavān vijñāpayatv iti |
tathā somyeti hovāca