Section 8.3
Original Sanskrit
8.3.1 त इमे सत्याः कामा अनृतापिधानास्तेषाꣳ सत्यानाꣳ सतामनृतमपिधानं यो यो ह्यस्येतः प्रैति न तमिह दर्शनाय लभते ॥ १ ॥
8.3.2 अथ ये चास्येह जीवा ये च प्रेता यच्चान्यदिच्छन्न लभते सर्वं तदत्र गत्वा विन्दतेऽत्र ह्यस्यैते सत्याः कामा अनृतापिधानास्तद्यथापि हिरण्यनिधिं निहितमक्षेत्रज्ञा उपर्युपरि सञ्चरन्तो न विन्देयुरेवमेवेमाः सर्वाः प्रजा अहरहर्गच्छन्त्य एतं ब्रह्मलोकं न विन्दन्त्यनृतेन हि प्रत्यूढाः ॥ २ ॥
8.3.3 स वा एष आत्मा हृदि तस्यैतदेव निरुक्तꣳ हृद्ययमिति तस्माद्धृदयमहरहर्वा एवंवित्स्वर्गं लोकमेति ॥ ३ ॥
8.3.4 अथ य एष सम्प्रसादोऽस्माच्छरीरात्समुत्थाय परं ज्योतिरुपसम्पद्य स्वेन रूपेणाभिनिष्पद्यत एष आत्मेति होवाचैतदमृतमभयमेतद्ब्रह्मेति तस्य ह वा एतस्य ब्रह्मणो नाम सत्यमिति ॥ ४ ॥
8.3.5 तानि ह वा एतानि त्रीण्यक्षराणि सतीयमिति तद्यत्सत्तदमृतमथ यत्ति तन्मर्त्यमथ यद्यं तेनोभे यच्छति यदनेनोभे यच्छति तस्माद्यमहरहर्वा एवंवित्स्वर्गं लोकमेति ॥ ५ ॥
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.
8.3.1 These true desires are covered by untruth. Though the desires are true, untruth is their covering: whoever departs from here can no longer be found here for one to see.
8.3.2 But those belonging to a person who are alive here, those who have died, and whatever else that person desires but does not obtain—all this is found on going there. For there are these true desires, covered by untruth. Just as people who do not know the ground might pass again and again over a buried treasure of gold without finding it, so all these creatures, going there day after day, fail to find this world of Brahman, for untruth bars their way.
8.3.3 This Self is in the heart. Its explanation is this: "In the heart is this"—hridi ayam; therefore it is hridaya, the heart. One who knows thus goes to the heavenly world day after day.
8.3.4 Now this serene one, rising from this body and reaching the highest light, appears in its own form. "This is the Self," he said. "This is the immortal, the fearless; this is Brahman." The name of this Brahman is "truth," satyam.
8.3.5 These are its three syllables: sat, ti, yam. Sat is the immortal; ti is the mortal; yam binds the two together. Because it binds the two together, it is yam. One who knows thus goes to the heavenly world day after day.
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.
8.3.1 These true desires are covered by what is untrue. Although they are real, their covering is untrue. When someone close to a person dies, that person can no longer see them here.
8.3.2 But by going there, a person finds everyone close to them who is still alive, everyone who has died, and anything else they want but cannot obtain. These true desires are there, covered by what is untrue. People who do not know a field might walk over buried gold again and again without finding it. In the same way, all these beings go to this world of Brahman every day without finding it, because what is untrue keeps them away.
8.3.3 This Self is in the heart. Its explanation is, "It is here in the heart," hridi ayam. That is why it is called hridaya, heart. Someone who knows this goes to the heavenly world every day.
8.3.4 "This serene being rises from the body, reaches the highest light, and appears in its own form. This is the Self," he said. "It is immortal and free from fear. It is Brahman." The name of this Brahman is Satyam, "truth."
8.3.5 These are its three syllables: sat, ti, and yam. Sat is the immortal; ti is the mortal. Yam holds the two together. Because it holds, yachchhati, both together, it is yam. Someone who knows this goes to the heavenly world every day.
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Section 8.3 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 142 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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