Section 4.10
Original Sanskrit
4.10.1 उपकोसलो ह वै कामलायनः सत्यकामे जाबाले ब्रह्मचार्यमुवास तस्य ह द्वादशवार्षाण्यग्नीन्परिचचार स ह स्मान्यानन्तेवासिनः समावर्तयꣳस्तं ह स्मैव न समावर्तयति ॥ १ ॥
4.10.2 तं जायोवाच तप्तो ब्रह्मचारी कुशलमग्नीन्परिचचारीन्मा त्वाग्नयः परिप्रवोचन्प्रब्रूह्यस्मा इति तस्मै हाप्रोच्यैव प्रवासाञ्चक्रे ॥ २ ॥
4.10.3 स ह व्याधिनानशितुं दध्रे तमाचार्यजायोवाच ब्रह्मचारिन्नशान किं नु नाश्नासीति स होवाच बहव इमेऽस्मिन्पुरुषे कामा नानात्यया व्याधिभिः प्रतिपूर्णोऽस्मि नाशिष्यामीति ॥ ३ ॥
4.10.4 अथ हाग्नयः समूदिरे तप्तो ब्रह्मचारी कुशलं नः पर्यचारीद्धन्तास्मै प्रब्रवामेति तस्मै होचुः ॥ ४ ॥
4.10.5 प्राणो ब्रह्म कं ब्रह्म खं ब्रह्मेति स होवाच विजानाम्यहं यत्प्राणो ब्रह्म कं च तु खं च न विजानामीति ते होचुर्यद्वाव कं तदेव खं यदेव खं तदेव कमिति प्राणं च हास्मै तदाकाशं चोचुः ॥ 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.
4.10.1 Upakosala Kamalayana lived as a sacred student with Satyakama Jabala. For twelve years he tended his fires. Satyakama would send the other pupils home when their study was complete, but he did not send this one home.
4.10.2 His wife said to him, "This sacred student has practiced austerity and tended the fires well. Do not let the fires reproach you. Teach him." But without teaching him, he went away.
4.10.3 Distressed, the student resolved not to eat. The teacher's wife said to him, "Sacred student, eat. Why do you not eat?" He answered, "Within this person are many desires, running in many directions. I am full of distress. I will not eat."
4.10.4 Then the fires spoke together: "This sacred student has practiced austerity and tended us well. Come, let us teach him." They said to him:
4.10.5 "Life-breath is Brahman; kam, joy, is Brahman; kham, space, is Brahman." He answered, "I understand that life-breath is Brahman, but I do not understand kam and kham." They said, "What is kam is kham; what is kham is kam." Thus they told him of life-breath and space.
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.
4.10.1 Upakosala Kamalayana lived with Satyakama Jabala as a student of sacred learning. He tended his fires for twelve years. Satyakama let his other resident students finish their studies, but he did not let Upakosala finish.
4.10.2 His wife told him, "This student has practiced strict self-discipline. He has tended the fires well. Don't let the fires speak against you. Teach him." But Satyakama went away without teaching him.
4.10.3 In his distress, Upakosala decided not to eat. The teacher's wife told him, "Student, eat. Why aren't you eating?" He said, "There are many desires in this person, each with a different aim. I am full of distress. I won't eat."
4.10.4 Then the fires spoke together: "This student has practiced strict self-discipline. He has tended us well. Come, let's teach him." They told him:
4.10.5 "Life-breath is Brahman. Joy, Kam, is Brahman. Space, Kham, is Brahman." He said, "I understand that life-breath is Brahman. But I don't understand Kam and Kham." They said, "What is Kam is Kham, and what is Kham is Kam." In this way they taught him about life-breath and space.
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Section 4.10 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 66 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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