Chandogya Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 8.9

ChUpBh_8,8.5 tasmāttatsaṃpradāyo 'dyāpyanuvartata itīha loke 'dadānaṃ dānamakurvāṇamavibhāgaśīlamaśraddadhānaṃ satkāryeṣu śraddhārahitaṃ yathāśaktyayajamānamayajanasvabhāvamāhurāsuraḥ khalvayaṃ yata evaṃsvabhāvo bateti khidyamānā āhuḥ śiṣṭāḥ /
asurāṇāṃ hi yasmādaśraddadhānatādilakṣaṇaiṣopaniṣat /
tayopaniṣadā saṃskṛtāḥ santaḥ pretasya śarīraṃ kuṇapaṃ bhikṣayā gandhamālyānnādilakṣaṇayā vasanena vasrādinā'cchādanādiprakāreṇālaṅkāreṇa dhvajapatākādikaraṇenetyevaṃ saṃskurvantyetena kuṇapasaṃskāreṇāmuṃ pretya pratipattavyaṃ lokaṃ jeṣyanto manyante //5//
iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi aṣṭamādhyāyasyāṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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atha hendro 'prāpyaiva devān etad bhayaṃ dadarśa |
yathaiva khalv ayam asmiñ charīre sādhvalaṃkṛte sādhvalaṃkṛto bhavati suvasane suvasanaḥ pariṣkṛte pariṣkṛta evam evāyam asminn andhe 'ndho bhavati srāme srāmaḥ parivṛkṇe parivṛkṇaḥ |
asyaiva śarīrasya nāśam anv eṣa naśyati |
nāham atra bhogyaṃ paśyāmīti

ChUpBh_8,9.1 atha ha kilendro 'prāpyaiva devāndaivyākrauryādisaṃpadā yuktatvādgurorvacanaṃ punaḥ punaḥ smaranneva gacchannetadvakṣyamāṇaṃ bhayaṃ svātmagrahaṇanimittaṃ dadarśa dṛṣṭavān /
udaśarāvadṛṣṭāntena prajāpatinā yadartho nyāya uktastadekadeśo maghavataḥ pratyabhādbuddhau /
yena cchāyātmagrahaṇe doṣaṃ dadarśa /
katham /
yathaiva khalvayamasmiñcharīre sādhvalaṅkṛte chāyātmāpi sādhvalaṅkṛto bhavati suvasane ca suvasanaḥ pariṣkṛte pariṣkṛto yathā nakhalomādidehāvayavāpagame chāyātmāpi pariṣkṛto bhavati nakhalomādirahito bhavati /
evamevāyaṃ chāyātmāpyasmiñcharīre nakhalomādibhirdehāvayavatvasya tulyatvādandhe cakṣuṣo 'pagame 'ndho bavati srāme srāmaḥ /
srāmaḥ kilekanetrastasyāndhatvena gatatvāt /
cakṣurnāsikā vā yasya sadā sravati sa srāmaḥ /
parivṛkṇaśchinnahastaśchinnapādo vā /
srāme parivṛkṇe vā dehe chāyātmāpi tathā bhavati /
tathāsya dehasya nāśamanveṣa naśyati //1 //
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sa samitpāṇiḥ punar eyāya |
taṃ ha prajāpatir uvāca |
maghavan yac chāntahṛdayaḥ prāvrājīḥ sārdhaṃ virocanena kim icchan punar āgama iti |
sa hovāca yathā eva khalvayyaṃ bhagavo 'smiñ charīre sādhvalaṃkṛte sādhvalaṃkṛto bhavati suvasane suvasanaḥ pariṣkṛte pariṣkṛta evam evāyam asminn andhe 'ndho bhavati srāme srāmaḥ parivṛkṇe parivṛkṇaḥ |
asyaiva śarīrasya nāśam anv eṣa naśyati |
nāham atra bhogyaṃ paśyāmīti

ChUpBh_8,9.2 ato nāhamatrāsmiṃśchāyātmadarśane dehātmadarśane vā bhogyaṃ phalaṃ paśyāmītyevaṃ doṣaṃ dehacchāyātmadarśane 'dhyavasya sa samitpāṇirbrahmacaryaṃ vastuṃ punareyāya /
taṃ ha prajāpatiruvāca-maghavanyacchāntahṛdayaḥ prāvrājīḥ pragatavānasi virocanena sārdhaṃ kimicchanpunarāgama iti /
vijānannapi punaḥ papracchendrābhiprayābhivyaktaye yadvettha tena mopasīdeti yadvat /
tathā ca svābhiprayāṃ prakaṭamakarodyathaiva khalvayamityadi, evameveti cānvamodata prajāpatiḥ /
nanu tulye 'kṣipuruṣaśravame dehacchāyāmindro 'grahīdātmeti dehameva va virocanastatkiṃnimittam /
tatra manyate /
yathendrasyodaśarāvādiprajāpativacanaṃ smarato devānaprāptasyaivā'cāryoktabuddhyā chāyātmagrahaṇaṃ tatra doṣadarśanaṃ cābhūt /
na tathā virocanasya kiṃ tarhi deha evā'tmadarśanaṃ nāpi tatra doṣadarśanaṃ babhūva /
tadvadeva vidyāgrahaṇasāmarthyapratibandhadoṣālpatvabahutvāpekṣamindravirocanayośchāyātmadehayorgrahaṇam /
indro 'lpadoṣatvāddṛśyata itiśrutyarthameva śraddadhānatayā jagrāhetaraśchāyānimittaṃ dehaṃ hitvā śrutyarthaṃ lakṣaṇayā jagrāha prajāpatinokto 'yamiti doṣabhūyastvāt /
yathā kila nīlānīlayorādarśe dṛśyamānayorvāsasoryannīlaṃ tanmahārhamiti cchāyānimittaṃ vāsa evocyate na cchāyā tadvaditi virocanābhiprāyaḥ /
svacittaguṇadoṣavaśādeva hi śabdārthāvadhāraṇaṃ tulye 'pi śravaṇe khyāpitaṃ dāmyata datta dayadhvamiti dakāramātraśravaṇācchutyantare /
nimittānyapi tadanuguṇānyeva sahakārīṇi bhavanti //2 //
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evam evaiṣa maghavann iti hovāca |
etaṃ tv eva te bhūyo 'nuvyākhyāsyāmi |
vasāparāṇi dvātriṃśataṃ varṣāṇīti |
sa hāparāṇi dvātriṃśataṃ varṣāṇyuvāsa |
tasmai hovāca