Section 8.7
Original Sanskrit
8.7.1 य आत्मापहतपाप्मा विजरो विमृत्युर्विशोको विजिघत्सोऽपिपासः सत्यकामः सत्यसङ्कल्पः सोऽन्वेष्टव्यः स विजिज्ञासितव्यः स सर्वाꣳश्च लोकानाप्नोति सर्वाꣳश्च कामान्यस्तमात्मानमनुविद्य विजानातीति ह प्रजापतिरुवाच ॥ १ ॥
8.7.2 तद्धोभये देवासुरा अनुबुबुधिरे ते होचुर्हन्त तमात्मानमन्वेच्छामो यमात्मानमन्विष्य सर्वाꣳश्च लोकानाप्नोति सर्वाꣳश्च कामानितीन्द्रो हैव देवानामभिप्रवव्राज विरोचनोऽसुराणां तौ हासंविदानावेव समित्पाणी प्रजापतिसकाशमाजग्मतुः ॥ २ ॥
8.7.3 तौ ह द्वात्रिꣳशतं वर्षाणि ब्रह्मचर्यमूषतुस्तौ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच किमिच्छन्तावास्तमिति । तौ होचतुर्य आत्मापहतपाप्मा विजरो विमृत्युर्विशोको विजिघत्सोऽपिपासः सत्यकामः सत्यसङ्कल्पः सोऽन्वेष्टव्यः स विजिज्ञासितव्यः स सर्वाꣳश्च लोकानाप्नोति सर्वाꣳश्च कामान्यस्तमात्मानमनुविद्य विजानातीति भगवतो वचो वेदयन्ते तमिच्छन्ताववास्तमिति ॥ ३ ॥
8.7.4 तौ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच य एषोऽक्षिणि पुरुषो दृश्यत एष आत्मेति होवाचैतदमृतमभयमेतद्ब्रह्मेत्यथ योऽयं भगवोऽप्सु परिख्यायते यश्चायमादर्शे कतम एष इत्येष उ एवैषु सर्वेष्वन्तेषु परिख्यायत इति होवाच ॥ ४ ॥
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.
8.7.1 "The Self that is free from evil, free from age, free from death, free from sorrow, free from hunger, free from thirst, whose desires are true and whose resolves are true—that Self must be sought, that Self must be understood. One who discovers and understands that Self attains all worlds and all desires." So Prajapati said.
8.7.2 Both gods and demons heard of this. They said, "Come, let us seek the Self, by seeking which one attains all worlds and all desires." Indra set out from among the gods, and Virochana from among the demons. Without having agreed with one another, they came to Prajapati, fuel in hand.
8.7.3 They lived as sacred students for thirty-two years. Then Prajapati said to them, "What did you desire when you came to live here?" They answered, "People report these words of yours: 'The Self that is free from evil, free from age, free from death, free from sorrow, free from hunger, free from thirst, whose desires are true and whose resolves are true—that Self must be sought, that Self must be understood. One who discovers and understands that Self attains all worlds and all desires.' We came to live here desiring that Self."
8.7.4 Prajapati said to them, "The person seen in the eye is the Self." He said, "This is the immortal, the fearless; this is Brahman." "Revered sir, which is the one that appears in water and the one in a mirror?" He answered, "It is this very one that appears in all these surfaces."
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.
8.7.1 Prajapati said, "The Self that is free from evil, old age, death, sorrow, hunger, and thirst, whose desires are real and whose intentions come true—that is what one must look for and seek to understand. Someone who discovers and understands that Self obtains all worlds and all desires."
8.7.2 Both the gods and the asuras heard about this. They said, "Let's look for that Self. By finding it, one obtains all worlds and all desires." Indra set out from among the gods, and Virochana from among the asuras. Without arranging it with each other, they both came to Prajapati carrying firewood in their hands.
8.7.3 They lived as celibate students for thirty-two years. Then Prajapati asked them, "What did you want when you came here?" They answered, "People report these words of yours, sir: 'The Self that is free from evil, old age, death, sorrow, hunger, and thirst, whose desires are real and whose intentions come true—that is what one must look for and seek to understand. Someone who discovers and understands that Self obtains all worlds and all desires.' We have stayed here because we want that Self."
8.7.4 Prajapati told them, "The person seen in the eye is the Self. It is immortal and free from fear. It is Brahman." "Sir, then who is the person seen in water and in a mirror?" "The very same one is seen in all these places," he said.
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Section 8.7 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 146 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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