Chandogya Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 8.8

ChUpBh_8,7.4 tāvevaṃ tapasvinau śuddhakalmaṣau yogyāvupalabhya prajāpatiruvācaha-ya eṣo 'kṣiṇi puruṣo nivṛttacakṣurbhirmṛditakaṣāyairdṛśyate yogibhirdraṣṭā, eṣa ātmāpahatapāpmādiguṇo yamavocaṃ purāhaṃ yadvijñānātsarvalokakāmāvāptiretadamṛtaṃ bhamākhyamata evābhayamata eva brahma vṛddhatamamiti /
athaitatprajāpatinoktamakṣiṇi puruṣo dṛśyata iti vacaḥ śrutvā chāyārūpaṃ puruṣaṃ jagṛhatuḥ /
gṛhītvā ca dṛḍhīkaraṇāya prajāpatiṃ pṛṣṭavantau /
atha yo 'yaṃ he bhagavo 'psu parikhyāyate parisamantājjñāyate yaścāyamādarśa ātmanaḥ pratibimbākāraḥ parikhyāyate khaḍgādau ca katama eṣa eṣāṃ bhagavadbhiruktaḥ kiṃvaika eva sarveṣviti /
evaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ prajāpatiruvāca-eṣa u eva yaścakṣuṣi draṣṭā mayokta iti /
etanmanasi kṛtvaiṣu sarveṣvanteṣu madhyeṣu parikhyāyata iti hovāca /
nanu kathaṃ yuktaṃ śiṣyorviparītagrahaṇamanujñātuṃ prajāpatervigatadoṣasyā'cāryasya sataḥ /
satyameva, nānujñātam /
katham /
ātmanyadhyāropitapāṇḍityamahattvaboddhṛtvau hīndravirocanau tathaiva ca prathitau loke /
tau yadi prajāpatinā mūḍhau yuvāṃ viparītagrāhiṇāvityuktau syātāṃ tatastastayościtte duḥkhaṃ syāttajjanitācca cittāvasādātpunaḥ praśnaśravaṇagrahaṇāvadhāraṇaṃ pratyutsāhavidhātaḥ syādato rakṣaṇīyau śiṣyāviti manyate prajāpatiḥ /
gṛhṇītāṃ tāvattadudaśarāvadṛṣṭāntenāpaneṣyāmīti ca /
nanu na yuktameṣa u evetyanṛtaṃ vaktum /
na cānṛtamuktam /
katham /
ātmanokto 'kṣipuruṣo manasi saṃnihitataraḥ śiṣyagṛhītācchāyātmanaḥ sarveṣāṃ cābhyantaraḥ"sarvāntaraḥ"iti śruteḥ /
tamevāvocadeṣa u evetyato nānṛtamuktaṃ prajāpatinā /
tathā ca tayorviparītagrahaṇanivṛttyarthaṃ hyāha //4//
iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi aṣṭamādhyāyasya saptamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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udaśarāva ātmānam avekṣya yad ātmano na vijānīthas tan me prabrūtam iti |
tau hodaśarāve 'vekṣāṃ cakrāte |
tau ha prajāpatir uvāca kiṃ paśyatha iti |
tau hocatuḥ sarvam evedam āvāṃ bhagava ātmānaṃ paśyāva ā lomabhyaḥ ā nakhebhyaḥ pratirūpam iti

ChUpBh_8,8.1 udaśarāva udakapūrṇe śarāvādāvātmānamavekṣyānantaraṃ yattatrā'tmānaṃ paśyantau na vijānīthastanme mama prabrūtamācakṣīyāthāmityuktau tau ha tathaivodaśarāve 'vekṣāñcakrāte 'vekṣaṇaṃ cakratuḥ /
tathā kṛtavantau tau ha prajāpatiruvāca kiṃ paśyatha iti /
nanu tanme prabrūtamityuktābhyāmudaśarāve 'vekṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā prajāpataye na niveditamidamāvābhyāṃ na viditamityanivedite cājñānahetau ha prajāpatiruvāca kiṃ paśyatha iti tatra ko 'bhiprāya iti /
ucyate-naiva tayoridamāvayoraviditamityāśaṅkābhūcchāyātmanyātmapratyayo niścita evā'sīt /
yena vakṣyati tau ha śāntahṛdayau pravavrajaturiti /
na hyaniścite 'bhipretārthe praśāntahṛdayatvamupapadyate /
tena nocaturidamāvābhyāmaviditamiti /
viparītagrāhiṇau ca śiṣyāvanupekṣaṇīyāviti svayameṣa papraccha kiṃ paśyatha iti, viparītaniścayāpanayāya ca vakṣyati sādhvalakṛtāvityevamādi /
tau hocatuḥ-sarvamevedamāvāṃ bhagava ātmānaṃ paśyāva ā lomabhya ā nakhebhyaḥ pratirūpamiti, yathaivā'vāṃ he bhagavo lomanakhādimantau sva evamevedaṃ lomanakhādisahitamāvayoḥ pratirūpamudaśarāve paśyāva iti //1 //
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tau ha prajāpatir uvāca sādhvalaṃkṛtau suvasanau pariṣkṛtau bhūtvodaśarāve 'vekṣethām iti |
tau ha sādhvalaṃkṛtau suvasanau pariṣkṛtau bhūtvodaśarāve 'vekṣāṃ cakrāte |
tau ha prajāpatir uvāca kiṃ paśyatha iti

ChUpBh_8,8.2 tau ha punaḥ prajāpatiruvāca cchāyātmaniścayāpanayāya, sādhvalaṅkṛtau yathā svagṛhe suvasanau mahārhavastraparidhānau pariṣkṛtau chinnalomanakhau ca bhūtvodaśarāve tayośchāyātmagraho 'panītaḥ syāt /
sādhvalaṅkārasuvasanādīnāmāgantukānāṃ chāyākaratvamudaśarāve yathā śarīrasaṃbaddhānāmevaṃ śarīrasyāpi cchāyākaratvaṃ pūrvaṃ babhūveti gamyate /
śarīraikadeśānāṃ ca lomanakhādīnāṃ nityatvenābhipretānāmakhaṇḍitānāṃ chāyākaratvaṃ pūrvamāsīt /
chinneṣu ca teṣu naiva lomanakhādicchāyā dṛśyate 'to lomanakhādivaccharīrasyāpyāgamāpāyitvaṃ siddhamityudaśarāvādau dṛśyamānasya tannimittasya ca dehasyānātmatvaṃ siddham udaśārāvādau chāyākaratvāddehasaṃbaddhālaṅkārādivat /
na kevalametāvadetena yāvatkiñcidātmīyatvābhimataṃ sukhaduḥkharāgadveṣamohādi ca kādācitkatvānnakhalomādivadanātmeti pratyetavyam /
evamaśeṣamithyāgrahāpanayanimitte sādhvalaṅkārādidṛṣṭānte prajāpatinokte śrutvā tathā kṛtavatorapi cchāyātmaviparītagraho nāpajagāma yasmāttasmātsvadoṣeṇaiva kenacitpratibaddhavivekavijñānāvindravirocanāvabhūtāmit i gamyate /
tau pūrvavadeva dṛḍhaniścayau papraccha kiṃ paśyatha iti //2 //
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tau hocatur yathaivedam āvāṃ bhagavaḥ sādhvalaṃkṛtau suvasanau pariṣkṛtau sva evam evemau bhagavaḥ sādhvallaṃkṛtau suvasanau pariṣkṛtāv iti |
eṣa ātmeti hovāca |
etad amṛtam abhayam etad brahmeti |
tau ha śāntahṛdayau pravavrajatuḥ

ChUpBh_8,8.3 tau tathaiva pratipanno yathaivedamiti pūrvavadyathā sādhvalaṅkārādiviśiṣṭāvāvāṃ sva evamevemau chāyātmānāviti sutarāṃ viparītaniścayau babhūvatuḥ /
yasyā'tmano lakṣaṇaṃ ya ātmāpahatapāpmetyuktavā punastadviśeṣamanviṣyamāṇayorya eṣo 'kṣiṇi puruṣo dṛśyata iti sākṣādātmani nirdiṣṭe tadviparītagrahāpanayāyodaśarāvasādhvalaṅkāradṛṣṭānte 'pyabhihita ātmasvarūpabodhādviparītagraho nāpagataḥ /
ataḥ svadoṣeṇa kenacitpratibaddhavivekavijñānasāmarthyāviti matvā yathābhipretamevā'tmānaṃ manasi nidhāyaiṣa ātmeti hovācaitadamṛtamabhayametadbrahmeti prajāpatiḥ pūrvavat /
na tu tadabhipretamātmānam /
ya ātmetyādyātmalakṣaṇaśravaṇenākṣipuruṣaśrutyā codaśarāvādyupapattyā ca saṃskṛtau tāvat /
madvacanaṃ sarvaṃ punaḥ punaḥ smaratoḥ pratibandhakṣayācca svayamevā'tmaviṣaye viveko bhaviṣyatīti manvānaḥ punarbrahmacaryādeśe ca tayościttadukhotpattiṃ parijihīrṣankṛtārthabuddhitayā gacchantāvapyupekṣitavānprajāpatiḥ /
tau hendravirocanau śāntahṛdayau tuṣṭahṛdayau kṛtārthabuddhī ityarthaḥ /
na tu śama eva, śamaścettayorjāto viparītagraho vigato 'bhaviṣyatpravavrajaturgatavantau //3 //
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tau hānvīkṣya prajāpatir uvāca |
anupalabhyātmānam ananuvidya vrajato yatara etadupaniṣado bhaviṣyanti devā vā asurā vā te parābhaviṣyantīti |
sa ha śāntahṛdaya eva virocano 'surāñ jagāma |
tebhyo haitām upaniṣadaṃ provāca ātmaiveha mahayya ātmā paricaryaḥ |
ātmānam eveha mahayann ātmānaṃ paricarann ubhau lokāv āpnotīmaṃ cāmuṃ ceti

ChUpBh_8,8.4 evaṃ tayorgatayorindravirocanayo rājñorbhogāsaktayoryathoktavismaraṇaṃ syādityāśaṅkyāpratyakṣaṃ pratyakṣavacanena ca cittaduḥkhaṃ parijihīrṣustau dūraṃ gacchantāvanvīkṣya ya ātmāpahatapāpmetyādivacanavadetadapyanayoḥ śravaṇagocaratvameṣyatīti matvovāca prajāpatiḥ /
anupalabhya yathoktalakṣaṇamātmānamananuvidya svātmapratyakṣaṃ cākṛtvā viparītaniścayau ca bhūtvendravirocanāvetau vrajato gaccheyātām /
ato yatare devā vāsurā vā kiṃ viśeṣitenaitadupaniṣada ābhyāṃ yā gṛhītā'tmavidyā seyamupaniṣadyeṣāṃ devānāmasurāṇāṃ vā ta etadupaniṣada evaṃvijñānā etanniścayā bhaviṣyantītyarthaḥ /
te kiṃ, parābhaviṣyanti śreyomārgātparābhūtā bahirbhūtā vinaṣṭā bhaviṣyantītyarthaḥ /
svagṛhaṃ gacchatoḥ surāsurarājayoryo 'surarājaḥ sa ha śāntahṛdaya eva sanvirocano 'surāñjagāma /
gatvā ca tebhyo 'surebhyaḥ śarīrātmabuddhiryopaniṣattāmetāmupaniṣadaṃ provācoktavān /
dehamātramevā'tmā pitrokta iti /
tasmādātmaiva deha iha loka mahayyaḥ pūjanīyastathā paricaryaḥ paricaraṇīyastathā'tmānameveha loke dehaṃ mahayanparicaraṃścobhau lokāvavāpnotīmaṃ cāmuṃ ca /
ihalokaparalokayoreva sarve lokāḥ kāmāścāntarbhavantīti rājño 'bhiprāyaḥ //4 //
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tasmād apyaddyehādadānam aśraddadhānam ayajamānam āhur āsuro bateti |
asurāṇāṃ hy eṣopaniṣat |
pretasya śarīraṃ bhikṣayā vasanenālaṃkāreṇeti saṃskurvanti |
etena hy ammuṃ lokaṃ jeṣyanto manyante