Section 6.15
Original Sanskrit
6.15.1 पुरुषँ सोम्योतोपतापिनं ज्ञातयः पर्युपासते जानासि मां जानासि मामिति । तस्य यावन्न वाङ्मनसि सम्पद्यते मनः प्राणे प्राणस्तेजसि तेजः परस्यां देवतायां तावज्जानाति ॥ १ ॥
6.15.2 अथ यदास्य वाङ्मनसि सम्पद्यते मनः प्राणे प्राणस्तेजसि तेजः परस्यां देवतायामथ न जानाति ॥ २ ॥
6.15.3 स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदँ सर्वं तत् सत्यँ 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.
6.15.1 "My dear, the relatives gather around a man stricken with illness, asking, 'Do you know me? Do you know me?' As long as his speech has not merged into mind, mind into the life-breath, the life-breath into heat, and heat into the highest deity, he knows them.
6.15.2 "But when his speech merges into mind, mind into the life-breath, the life-breath into heat, and heat into the highest deity, then he no longer knows them.
6.15.3 "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.
6.15.1 "My dear, a sick, suffering man's relatives sit around him, asking, 'Do you recognize me? Do you recognize me?' As long as his speech has not merged into the mind, his mind into the life-breath, his life-breath into heat, and heat into the highest deity, he recognizes them.
6.15.2 "But when his speech merges into the mind, his mind into the life-breath, his life-breath into heat, and heat into the highest deity, then he no longer recognizes them.
6.15.3 "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 6.15 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 112 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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