Section 7.5
Original Sanskrit
7.5.1 चित्तं वाव सङ्कल्पाद्भूयो यदा वै चेतयतेऽथ सङ्कल्पयतेऽथ मनस्यत्यथ वाचमीरयति तामु नाम्नीरयति नाम्नि मन्त्रा एकं भवन्ति मन्त्रेषु कर्माणि ॥ १ ॥
7.5.2 तानि ह वा एतानि चित्तैकायनानि चित्तात्मानि चित्ते प्रतिष्ठितानि तस्माद्यद्यपि बहुविदचित्तो भवति नायमस्तीत्येवैनमाहुर्यदयं वेद यद्वा अयं विद्वान्नेत्थमचित्तः स्यादित्यथ यद्यल्पविच्चित्तवान्भवति तस्मा एवोत शुश्रूषन्ते चित्तँह्येवैषामेकायनं चित्तमात्मा चित्तं प्रतिष्ठा चित्तमुपास्स्वेति ॥ २ ॥
7.5.3 स यश्चित्तं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्ते चित्तान्वै स लोकान्ध्रुवान्ध्रुवः प्रतिष्ठितान्प्रतिष्ठितोऽव्यथमानानव्यथमानोऽभिसिध्यति यावच्चित्तस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यश्चित्तं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽस्ति भगवश्चित्ताद्भूय इति चित्ताद्वाव 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.
7.5.1 "Awareness is greater than resolve. When someone becomes aware, that person resolves, then 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.
7.5.2 "All these have awareness as their single course, awareness as their self; they stand upon awareness. Thus, even if someone knows much, if that person lacks awareness, people say, 'This one is nothing. Whatever this one knows, were this one truly learned, such unawareness would not be possible.' But if someone knows little and possesses awareness, people wish to listen to that very person. Awareness is their single course; awareness is their self; awareness is their foundation. Meditate on awareness.
7.5.3 "Whoever meditates on awareness as Brahman attains the worlds of awareness: steadfast, that person attains steadfast worlds; established, established worlds; unshaken, unshaken worlds. That person moves at will wherever awareness extends—whoever meditates on awareness as Brahman." "Revered sir, is there something greater than awareness?" "There is indeed something greater than awareness." "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.
7.5.1 "Awareness is greater than intention. When someone becomes aware, they form an intention. Then they think, set speech in motion, and direct it toward a name. Sacred texts come together in name, and ritual actions come together in sacred texts.
7.5.2 "All these have their meeting point in awareness. Awareness is their self, and they are established in awareness. That is why, even if someone knows a great deal but lacks awareness, people say, 'This person amounts to nothing. If they really knew what they know, they would not lack awareness like this.' But if someone knows little and has awareness, people want to listen to them. Awareness is the meeting point of all these, their self and their foundation. Meditate on awareness."
7.5.3 "Someone who meditates on awareness as Brahman reaches worlds of awareness: 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 awareness reaches. This is true of someone who meditates on awareness as Brahman." "Sir, is anything greater than awareness?" "Yes, something is greater than awareness." "Please tell me what it is."
About this section
Section 7.5 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 118 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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