Chandogya Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 6.4

ChUpBh_6,3.4 tāsāṃ ca devatānāṃ guṇapradhānabhāvena trivṛtaṃ trivṛtamekaikāmakarotkṛtavatī devatā /
tiṣṭhatu tāvaddevatādipiṇḍānāṃ nāmarūpābhyāṃ vyākṛtānāṃ tejobannamayatvena tridhātvaṃ, yathā tu khalu bahurimāḥ piṇḍebhyastisro devatāsrivṛttrivṛdekaikā bhavati tanme mama nigadato vijānīhi viṣṭaspamavadhārayodāharaṇataḥ //4//
iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi ṣaṣṭhādhyāyasya tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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yad agne rohitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasas tad rūpam |
yac chuklaṃ tad apām |
yat kṛṣṇaṃ tad annasya |
apāgād agner agnitvam |
vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ trīṇi rūpāṇīty eva satyam

ChUpBh_6,4.1 yattaddevatānāṃ trivṛtkaraṇamuktaṃ tasyaivodāharaṇamucyate /
udāharaṇaṃ nāmaikadeśaprasiddhyarthamudāhriyata iti /
tadetadāha - yadagnesrivṛtkṛtānāṃ, yatkṛṣṇaṃ tasyaivāgne rūpaṃ tadannasya pṛthivyā atrivṛtkṛtāyā iti viddhi /
tatraivaṃ sata rūpatrayavyatirekeṇāgniriti yanmanyase tvaṃ tasyāgneragnitvamidānīmapāgādapagatam /
prāgrūpatrayavivekavijñānādyāgnibuddhirāsītte sāgnibuddhirapagatāgniśabdaścetyarthaḥ /
yathādṛṣyamānaraktopadhānasaṃyuktaḥ sphaṭiko gṛhyamāṇaḥ padmarāgo 'yamitiśabdabuddhyoḥ prayojako bhavati prāgupadhānasphaṭikayorvivekavijñāne tu padmarāgaśabdabuddhī nivartete tadvivekavijñātustadvat /
nanu kimatra buddhiśabdakalpanayā kriyate prāgrūpatrayavivekakaraṇādagnirevā'sīttadagneragnitvaṃ rohitādirūpavivekakaraṇādapāgāditi yuktaṃ yathā tantvapakarṣaṇe paṭābhāvaḥ /
naivaṃ, buddhiśabdamātrameva hyagniryata āha vācā'rambhaṇamagnirnāma vikāro nāmadheya nāmamātramityarthaḥ /
ato 'gnibuddharapi mṛṣaiva /
kiṃ tarhi tatra satyaṃ trīṇi rūpāṇītyeva satyaṃ nāṇumātramapi rūpatrayavyatirekeṇa satyamastītyavadhāraṇārthaḥ //1 //
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yad ādityasya rohitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasas tad rūpam |
yac chuklaṃ tad apām |
yat kṛṣṇaṃ tad annasya |
apāgād ādityād ādityatvam |
vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ trīṇi rūpāṇīty eva satyam

yac candramaso rohitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasas tad rūpam |
yac chuklaṃ tad apām |
yat kṛṣṇaṃ tad annasya |
apāgāc candrāc candratvam |
vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ trīṇi rūpāṇīty eva satyam

yad vidyuto rohitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasas tad rūpam |
yac chuklaṃ tad apām |
yat kṛṣṇaṃ tad annasya |
apāgād vidyuto vidyuttvam |
vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ trīṇi rūpāṇīty eva satyam

ChUpBh_6,4.2,3,4 tathā yadādityasya yaccandramaso yadvidyuta ityādi samānam /
nanu yathā nu khalu somyemāstisro devatāsrivṛttrivṛdekaikā bhavati tanme vijānīhityuktvā tejasa eva caturbhirapyudāharaṇairagnyādibhisrivṛtkaraṇaṃ darśitaṃ nābannayorudāharaṇaṃ darśitaṃ trivṛtkaraṇe /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
abannaviṣayāṇyapyudāharaṇānyevameva ca draṣṭavyānīti manyate śrutiḥ /
tejasa udāharaṇamupalakṣaṇārtham /
rūpavattvātspaṣṭārthatvopapatteśca /
gandharasayoranudāharaṇaṃ trayāṇāmasambhavāt /
na hi gandharasau tejasi staḥ /
sparśaśabdayoranudāharaṇaṃ vibhāgena darśayitumaśakyatvāt /
yadi sarvaṃ jagattrivṛtkṛtamityagnyādivattrīṇi rūpāṇītyeva satyamagneragnitvavadapāgājjagato jagattvam /
tathānnasyāpyapśuṅgatvādāpa ityeva satyaṃ vācārambhaṇamātramannam /
tathāpāmapi tejaḥśuṅgatvādvācārambhaṇatvaṃ teja ityeva satyam /
tejaso 'pi sacchuṅgatvādvācārambhaṇatvaṃ sadityeva satyamityeṣor'tho vivakṣitaḥ /
nanu vāyvantarikṣe tvatrivṛtkṛte tejaḥ prabhṛtiṣvanantarbhūtatvādavaśiṣyete /
evaṃ gandharasaśabdasparśāścāvaśiṣṭā iti kathaṃ satā vijñātena sarvamanyadvijñātaṃ bhavettadvijñāne vā prakārāntaraṃ vācyam /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
rūpavaddravye sarvasya darśanāt /
tejasi tāvadrūpavati śabdasparśayorapyulabhbhādvāyvantarikṣayostatra sparśaśabdaguṇavatoḥ sadbhāvo 'numīyate /
tathābannayo rūpavato rasagandhāntabhāva iti /
rūpavatāṃ trayāṇāṃ tejobannānāṃ trivṛtkaraṇapradarśanena sarvaṃ tadantarbhūtaṃ sadvikāratvāt rūpatrayavat vijñātaṃ manyate śrutiḥ /
na hi mūrtaṃ rūpavaddravyaṃ pratyākhyāya vāyvākāśayostadguṇayorgandharasayorvā grahaṇamasti /
athavā rūpavatāmapi trivṛtkaraṇaṃ pradarśanārthameva manyate śrutiḥ /
yathā tu trivṛtkṛte trīṇi rūpāṇītyeva satyaṃ tathā pañcīkaraṇe 'pi samāno nyāya ityataḥ sarvasya sadvikāratvātsatā vijñātena sarvamidaṃ vijñātaṃ syātsadekamevādvitīyaṃ satyamiti siddhameva bhavati /
tadekasminsati vijñāte sarvamidaṃ vijñātaṃ bhavatīti sūktam //2-4 //
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etad dha sma vai tadvidvāṃsa āhuḥ pūrve mahāśālā mahāśrotriyāḥ |
na no 'dya kaścanāśrutam amatam avijñātam udāhariṣyati |
iti hy ebhyo vidāṃ cakruḥ

ChUpBh_6,4.5 etadvidvāṃso viditavantaḥ pūrve 'tikrāntā mahāśālā mahāśroṇiyā āhurha sma vai kila /
kimuktavanta ityāhana no 'smākaṃ kule 'dyedānīṃ yathoktavijñānavatāṃ kaśna kaścidapyaśrutamamatamavijñātamudāhariṣyati nodāhariṣyati sarvaṃ vijñātamevāsmatkulīnānāṃ sadvijñānavattvādityābhiprāyaḥ /
te punaḥ kathaṃ sarvaṃ vijñātavanta ityāha-ebhyasribhyo rohitādirūpebhyasrivṛtkṛtebhyo vijñātebhyaḥ sarvamapyanyacchiṣṭamevameveti vidāñcakrurvijñātavanto yasmāttasmātsarvajñā eva sadvijñānātta āsurityarthaḥ /
athavaibhyo vidāñcakrurityagnyādibhyo dṛṣṭāntebhyo vijñātebhyaḥ sarvamanyadvidāñcakrurityetat //5 //
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yad u rohitam ivābhūd iti tejasas tad rūpam iti tad vidāṃ cakruḥ |
yad u śuklam ivābhūd ity apāṃ rūpam iti tad vidāṃ cakruḥ |
yad u kṛṣṇam ivābhūd ity annasya rūpam iti tad vidāṃ cakruḥ

yad v avijñātam ivābhūd ity etāsām eva devatānāṃ samāsa iti tad vidāṃ cakruḥ |
yathā nu khalu somyemās tisro devatāḥ puruṣaṃ prāpya trivṛt trivṛd ekaikā bhavati tan me vijānīhīti