Section 6.10
Original Sanskrit
6.10.1 इमाः सोम्य नद्यः पुरस्तात्प्राच्यः स्यन्दन्ते पश्चात्प्रतीच्यस्ताः समुद्रात्समुद्रमेवापियन्ति स समुद्र एव भवति ता यथा तत्र न विदुरियमहमस्मीयमहमस्मीति ॥ १ ॥
6.10.2 एवमेव खलु सोम्येमाः सर्वाः प्रजाः सत आगम्य न विदुः सत आगच्छामह इति त इह व्याघ्रो वा सिँहो वा वृको वा वराहो वा कीटो वा पतङ्गो वा दँशो वा मशको वा यद्यद्भवन्ति तदाभवन्ति ॥ २ ॥
6.10.3 स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदँ सर्वं तत्सत्यँ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच ॥ ३ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
6.10.1 "These rivers, my dear, flow eastward in the east and westward in the west. From the sea they enter the sea itself and become the sea alone. There they do not know, 'I am this river; I am this river.'
6.10.2 "Just so, my dear, all these creatures, on coming from Being, do not know, 'We are coming from Being.' Whatever they are here—a tiger or a lion, a wolf or a boar, a worm or a moth, a gadfly or a mosquito—that they become again.
6.10.3 "That subtle essence—all this has that as its Self. That is the real. That is the Self. You are that, Shvetaketu." "Sir, make me understand further." "So be it, my dear," he said.
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
6.10.1 "My dear, these rivers flow eastward in the east and westward in the west. They go from the ocean back into the ocean. They become simply the ocean. There they do not know, 'I am this river,' or 'I am that river.'
6.10.2 "In just the same way, my dear, all these creatures come from Being without knowing, 'We are coming from Being.' Whatever they are here—a tiger, a lion, a wolf, a boar, a worm, a moth, a gadfly, or a mosquito—that is what they become again.
6.10.3 "This finest essence is the Self of this whole world. That is what is real. That is the Self. You are that, Shvetaketu." "Sir, please help me understand this further." "Yes, my dear," he said.
About this section
Section 6.10 is part of Chandogya Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 107 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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