Chandogya Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 8.5

ChUpBh_8,4.3 tattatraivaṃ satyetaṃ yathoktaṃ brahmalokaṃ brahmacaryeṇa srīviṣayatṛṣṇātyāgena śāsrācāryopadeśamanuvindanti svātmasaṃvedyatāmāpādayanti ye teṣāmeva brahmacaryasādhanavatāṃ brahmavidāmeṣa brahmalokaḥ nānyeṣāṃ srīviṣayasaṃparkajātatṛṣṇānāṃ brahmavidāmapītyarthaḥ /
teṣāṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāro bhavatītyuktārtham /
tasmātparamametatsādhanaṃ brahmacaryaṃ brahmavidāmityabhiprāyaḥ //3//
iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi aṣṭamādhyāyasya caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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atha yad yajña ity ācakṣate brahmacaryam eva tat |
brahmacaryeṇa hy eva yo jñātā taṃ vindate |
atha yad iṣṭam ity ācakṣate brahmacaryam eva tat |
brahmacaryeṇa hy eveṣṭvātmānam anuvindate

ChUpBh_8,5.1 ya ātmā setutvādiguṇaiḥ stutastatprāptaye jñānasahakārisādhanāntaraṃ brahmacaryākhyaṃ vidātavyamityāha /
yajñādibhiśca tatstauti kartavyārtham- atha yadyajña ityācakṣate loke paramapuruṣārthasādhanaṃ kathayanti śiṣṭāstadbrahmacaryameva /
yajñasyāpi yatphalaṃ tadbrahmacaryavāllaṃbhate 'to yajño 'pi brahmacaryaṃ bhavati pratipattavyam /
kathaṃ brahmacaryaṃ yajña ityāha-brahmacaryeṇaiva hi yasmādyo jñātāsa taṃ brahmalokaṃ yajñasyāpi pāramparyeṇa phalabhūtaṃ vindate labhate tato yajño 'pi brahmacaryameveti /
yo jñātetyakṣarānuvṛtteryajño brahmacaryameva /
atha yadiṣṭamityācakṣate brahmacaryameva tat /
katham /
brahmacaryeṇaiva sādhanena tamīśvaramiṣṭvā pūjayitvāthavaiṣaṇāmātmaviṣayāṃ kṛtvā tamātmānamanuvindate /
eṣaṇādiṣṭamapi brahmacaryameva //1 //
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atha yat sattrāyaṇam ity ācakṣate brahmacaryam eva tat |
brahmacaryeṇa hy eva sata ātmanas trāṇaṃ vindate |
atha yan maunam ity ācakṣate brahmacaryam eva tat |
brahmacaryeṇa hy evātmānam anuvidya manute

ChUpBh_8,5.2 atha yatsattrāyaṇamityācakṣate brahmacaryameva tattathā sataḥ parasmādātmana ātmanasrāṇaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ brahmacaryasādhanena vindate /
ataḥ sattrāyaṇaśabdamapi brahmacaryameva sat /
atha yanmaunamityācakṣate brahmacaryameva tadbrahmacaryeṇaiva sādhanena yuktaḥ sannātmānaṃ śāsrācāryābhyāmanuvidya paścānmanute dhyāyati /
ato maunaśabdamapi brahmacaryameva //2 //
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atha yad anāśakāyanam ity ācakṣate brahmacaryam eva tat |
eṣa hy ātmā na naśyati yaṃ brahmacaryeṇānuvindate |
atha yad araṇyāyanam ity ācakṣate brahmacaryam eva tat |
tat araś ca ha vai ṇyaś cārṇavau brahmaloke tṛtīyasyām ito divi |
tad airaṃmadīyaṃ saraḥ |
tad aśvatthaḥ somasavanaḥ |
tad aparājitā pūr brahmaṇaḥ prabhuvimitaṃ hiraṇmayam

ChUpBh_8,5.3 atha yadanāśakāyanamityācakṣate brahmacaryameva tat /
yamātmānaṃ brahmacaryeṇānuvindate sa eṣa hyātmā brahmacaryasādhanavato na naśyati tasmādanāśakāyanamapi brahmacaryameva /
atha yadaraṇyāyanamityācakṣate brahmacaryameva tat /
araṇyaśabdayorarṇavayorbrahmacaryavato 'yanādaraṇyāyanaṃ brahmacaryam /
yo jñānādyajña eṣaṇādiṣṭaṃ satasrāṇātsattrāyaṇaṃ mananānmaunamanaśanādanāśakāyanamaraṇyayorgamanādaraṇyāyanamityādibhirmahadbhiḥ puruṣārthasādhanaiḥ stutatvādbrahmacaryaṃ paramaṃ jñānasya sahakārikāraṇaṃ sādhanamityato brahmavidā yatnato rakṣaṇīyamityarthaḥ /
tattatra hi brahmaloke 'raśca ha vai prasiddho ṇyaścārṇavau samudropame vā sarasī tṛtīyasyāṃ bhuvamantarikṣaṃ cāpekṣya tṛtīyā dyaustasyāṃ tṛtīyasyāmito 'smāllokādārabhya gaṇyamānāyāṃ divi /
tattatraiva cairamirānnaṃ tanmaya airo maṇḍastena pūrṇamairaṃ madīyaṃ tadupayogināṃ madakaraṃ harṣotpādakaṃ saraḥ /
tatraiva cāśvattho vṛkṣaḥ somasavano nāmataḥ somo 'mṛtaṃ tanniḥsravo 'mṛtasrava iti vā /
tatraiva ca brahmaloke brahmacaryasādhanarahitairbrahmacaryasādhanavadbhyo 'nyairna jīyata ityaparājitā nāma pūḥ purī brahmaṇo hiraṇyagarbhasya /
brahmaṇā ca prabhuṇā viśeṣeṇa mitaṃ nirmitaṃ tacca hiraṇmayaṃ sauvarṇaṃ prabhuvimitaṃ maṇḍapamiti vākyaśeṣaḥ //3 //
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tad ya evaitāv araṃ ca ṇyaṃ cārṇavau brahmaloke brahmacaryeṇānuvindanti teṣām evaiṣa brahmalokaḥ |
teṣāṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāro bhavati