Section 7.24
Original Sanskrit
7.24.1 यत्र नान्यत्पश्यति नान्यच्छृणोति नान्यद्विजानाति स भूमाथ यत्रान्यत्पश्यत्यन्यच्छृणोत्यन्यद्विजानाति तदल्पं यो वै भूमा तदमृतमथ यदल्पं तन्मर्त्य्ँ स भगवः कस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठित इति स्वे महिम्नि यदि वा न महिम्नीति ॥ १ ॥
7.24.2 गो-अश्वमिह महिमेत्याचक्षते हस्तिहिरण्यं दासभार्यं क्षेत्राण्यायतनानीति नाहमेवं ब्रवीमि ब्रवीमीति होवाचान्योह्यन्यस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठित इति ॥ २ ॥
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.
7.24.1 "Where one sees no other, hears no other, understands no other—that is the boundless. Where one sees another, hears another, understands another—that is the limited. The boundless is immortal; the limited is mortal." "Revered sir, on what does it rest?" "On its own greatness—or perhaps not on greatness.
7.24.2 "Here people call cattle and horses greatness, elephants and gold, servants and wives, fields and dwellings. I do not speak of it in this way—so I say," he said, "for then one thing rests upon another."
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.
7.24.1 "Where someone sees nothing else, hears nothing else, and understands nothing else, that is the unlimited. Where someone sees something else, hears something else, and understands something else, that is the limited. The unlimited is immortal; the limited is mortal." "Sir, on what is it established?" "On its own greatness—or not even on greatness."
7.24.2 "Here people call cattle and horses greatness, or elephants and gold, servants and wives, fields and houses. I do not mean that kind of greatness," he said. "In that case one thing depends on another."
About this section
Section 7.24 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 137 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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