Section 4.7
Original Sanskrit
4.7.1 हꣳसस्ते पादं वक्तेति स ह श्वोभूते गा अभिप्रस्थापयाञ्चकार ता यत्राभिसायं बभूवुस्तत्राग्निमुपसमाधाय गा उपरुध्य समिधमाधाय पश्चादग्नेः प्राङुपोपविवेश ॥ १ ॥
4.7.2 तꣳ हꣳस उपनिपत्याभ्युवाद सत्यकाम३ इति भगव इति ह प्रतिशुश्राव ॥ २ ॥
4.7.3 ब्रह्मणः सोम्य ते पादं ब्रवाणीति ब्रवीतु मे भगवानिति तस्मै होवाचाग्निः कला सूर्यः कला चन्द्रः कला विद्युत्कलैष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणो ज्योतिष्मान्नाम ॥ ३ ॥
4.7.4 स य एतमेवं विद्वाꣳश्चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणो ज्योतिष्मानित्युपास्ते ज्योतिष्मानस्मिꣳल्लोके भवति ज्योतिष्मतो ह लोकाञ्जयति य एतमेवं विद्वाꣳश्चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणो ज्योतिष्मानित्युपास्ते ॥ 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.
4.7.1 "A swan will tell you a quarter." The next day he drove the cows onward. Where they came at evening, he kindled a fire, enclosed the cows, put fuel on the fire, and sat west of it, facing east.
4.7.2 A swan flew down and addressed him: "Satyakama!" "Revered sir," he answered.
4.7.3 "Dear one, let me tell you a quarter of Brahman." "Tell me, revered sir." It said, "Fire is a part, the sun is a part, the moon is a part, and lightning is a part. Dear one, this quarter of Brahman, made of four parts, is named Luminous.
4.7.4 "Whoever knows thus and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Luminous becomes luminous in this world. Whoever knows thus and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Luminous wins luminous 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.
4.7.1 "A swan will tell you a quarter." The next day, Satyakama drove the cows onward. When they stopped for the evening, he lit a fire, penned the cows, put wood on the fire, and sat down west of it, facing east.
4.7.2 A swan flew down and spoke to him: "Satyakama!" "Yes, sir," he answered.
4.7.3 "My boy, let me tell you one quarter of Brahman." "Please tell me, sir." The swan told him, "Fire is one part, the sun is one part, the moon is one part, and lightning is one part. My boy, this quarter of Brahman has four parts. Its name is Full of Light.
4.7.4 "Anyone who knows this and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Full of Light becomes full of light in this world. Anyone who knows this and meditates on this four-part quarter of Brahman as Full of Light wins worlds full of light."
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Section 4.7 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 63 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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