Section 4.5
Original Sanskrit
4.5.1 अथ हैनमृषभोऽभ्युवाद सत्यकाम३ इति भगव इति ह प्रतिशुश्राव प्राप्ताः सोम्य सहस्रꣳ स्मः प्रापय न आचार्यकुलम् ॥ १ ॥
4.5.2 ब्रह्मणश्च ते पादं ब्रवाणीति ब्रवीतु मे भगवानिति तस्मै होवाच प्राची दिक्कला प्रतीची दिक्कला दक्षिणा दिक्कलोदीची दिक्कलैष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवान्नाम ॥ २ ॥
4.5.3 स य एतमेवं विद्वाꣳश्चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवानित्युपास्ते प्रकाशवानस्मिꣳल्लोके भवति प्रकाशवतो ह लोकाञ्जयति य एतमेवं विद्वाꣳश्चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवानित्युपास्ते ॥ 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.
4.5.1 A bull addressed him: "Satyakama!" "Revered sir," he answered. "Dear one, we have reached a thousand. Take us to the teacher's household.
4.5.2 "And let me tell you a quarter of Brahman." "Tell me, revered sir." He said, "The eastern direction is a part, the western direction is a part, the southern direction is a part, and the northern direction is a part. Dear one, this quarter of Brahman, made of four parts, is named Radiant.
4.5.3 "Whoever knows thus and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Radiant becomes radiant in this world. Whoever knows thus and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Radiant wins radiant worlds."
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.
4.5.1 Then a bull spoke to him: "Satyakama!" "Yes, sir," he answered. "My boy, we have reached a thousand. Take us to the teacher's home.
4.5.2 "And let me tell you one quarter of Brahman." "Please tell me, sir." The bull told him, "The east is one part, the west is one part, the south is one part, and the north is one part. My boy, this quarter of Brahman has four parts. Its name is Radiant.
4.5.3 "Anyone who knows this and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Radiant becomes radiant in this world. Anyone who knows this and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Radiant wins radiant worlds."
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Section 4.5 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 61 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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