Section 7.4
Original Sanskrit
7.4.1 सङ्कल्पो वाव मनसो भूयान्यदा वै सङ्कल्पयतेऽथ मनस्यत्यथ वाचमीरयति तामु नाम्नीरयति नाम्नि मन्त्रा एकं भवन्ति मन्त्रेषु कर्माणि ॥ १ ॥
7.4.2 तानि ह वा एतानि सङ्कल्पैकायनानि सङ्कल्पात्मकानि सङ्कल्पे प्रतिष्ठितानि समकॢपतां द्यावापृथिवी समकल्पेतां वायुश्चाकाशं च समकल्पन्तापश्च तेजश्च तेषाँ सङ्कॢप्त्यै वर्षँ सङ्कल्पते वर्षस्य सङ्कॢप्त्या अन्नँ सङ्कल्पतेऽन्नस्य सङ्कॢप्त्यै प्राणाः सङ्कल्पन्ते प्राणानाँ सङ्कॢप्त्यै मन्त्राः सङ्कल्पन्ते मन्त्राणाँ सङ्कॢप्त्यै कर्माणि सङ्कल्पन्ते कर्मणां सङ्कॢप्त्यै लोकः सङ्कल्पते लोकस्य सङ्कॢप्त्यै सर्वँ सङ्कल्पते स एष सङ्कल्पः सङ्कल्पमुपास्स्वेति ॥ २ ॥
7.4.3 स यः सङ्कल्पं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते सङ्कॢप्तान्वै स लोकान्ध्रुवान्ध्रुवः प्रतिष्ठितान् प्रतिष्ठितोऽव्यथमानानव्यथमानोऽभिसिध्यति यावत्सङ्कल्पस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यः सङ्कल्पं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवः सङ्कल्पाद्भूय इति सङ्कल्पाद्वाव भूयोऽस्तीति तन्मे भगवान्ब्रवीत्विति ॥ 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.
7.4.1 "Resolve is greater than mind. When someone resolves, that person thinks, then sets speech in motion, then sets it in motion as name. In name the sacred formulas become one, and in the sacred formulas, rites.
7.4.2 "All these have resolve as their single course, resolve as their self; they stand upon resolve. Heaven and earth have resolved; wind and space have resolved; water and fire have resolved. In accord with their resolve, rain resolves; in accord with rain's resolve, food resolves; in accord with food's resolve, the life-breaths resolve; in accord with the life-breaths' resolve, the sacred formulas resolve; in accord with the sacred formulas' resolve, rites resolve; in accord with the resolve of rites, the world resolves; in accord with the world's resolve, everything resolves. Such is resolve. Meditate on resolve.
7.4.3 "Whoever meditates on resolve as Brahman attains the worlds that have been resolved upon: steadfast, that person attains steadfast worlds; established, established worlds; unshaken, unshaken worlds. That person moves at will wherever resolve extends—whoever meditates on resolve as Brahman." "Revered sir, is there something greater than resolve?" "There is indeed something greater than resolve." "Tell me of it, revered sir."
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.
7.4.1 "Intention is greater than mind. When someone forms an intention, they think. Then they set speech in motion and direct it toward a name. Sacred texts come together in name, and ritual actions come together in sacred texts.
7.4.2 "All these have their meeting point in intention. Intention is their self, and they are established in intention. Heaven and earth formed an intention; wind and space formed an intention; water and fire formed an intention. In response to their intention, rain forms an intention. In response to rain's intention, food forms an intention. In response to food's intention, the vital powers form an intention. In response to the vital powers' intention, sacred texts form an intention. In response to the sacred texts' intention, ritual actions form an intention. In response to the ritual actions' intention, the world forms an intention. In response to the world's intention, everything forms an intention. This is intention. Meditate on intention."
7.4.3 "Someone who meditates on intention as Brahman reaches the worlds they intend: being lasting, they reach lasting worlds; being firmly established, they reach firmly established worlds; being undisturbed, they reach undisturbed worlds. They can move as they please wherever intention reaches. This is true of someone who meditates on intention as Brahman." "Sir, is anything greater than intention?" "Yes, something is greater than intention." "Please tell me what it is."
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Section 7.4 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 117 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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