Section 5.18
Original Sanskrit
5.18.1 तान्होवाचैते वै खलु यूयं पृथगिवेममात्मानं वैश्वानरं विद्वाँसोऽन्नमत्थ यस्त्वेतमेवं प्रादेशमात्रमभिविमानमात्मानं वैश्वानरमुपास्ते स सर्वेषु लोकेषु सर्वेषु भूतेषु सर्वेष्वात्मस्वन्नमत्ति ॥ १ ॥
5.18.2 तस्य ह वा एतस्यात्मनो वैश्वानरस्य मूर्धैव सुतेजाश्चक्षुर्विश्वरूपः प्राणः पृथग्वर्त्मात्मा सन्देहो बहुलो बस्तिरेव रयिः पृथिव्येव पादावुर एव वेदिर्लोमानि बर्हिर्हृदयं गार्हपत्यो मनोऽन्वाहार्यपचन आस्यमाहवनीयः ॥ २ ॥
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.
5.18.1 He said to them, "Each of you eats food knowing this Self, Vaishvanara, as though it were something separate. But one who reveres this Self, Vaishvanara, as a span in extent and identified with oneself, eats food in all worlds, in all beings, in all selves.
5.18.2 "Of this Self, Vaishvanara, the head is Brilliant; the eye is Of Every Form; the life-breath is Of Separate Paths; the torso is Abundant; the bladder is Wealth; and the feet are the earth. The chest is the altar, the hairs the sacrificial grass, the heart the Garhapatya fire, the mind the Anvaharyapachana fire, and the mouth the Ahavaniya fire."
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.
5.18.1 He told them, "Each of you eats food knowing this Self Vaishvanara as if it were separate. But someone who worships this Self Vaishvanara as a span in size and as their own Self eats food in all worlds, in all beings, and in all selves.
5.18.2 "For this Self Vaishvanara, the brightly shining is the head. The one of every form is the eye. The one that takes separate paths is the life-breath. The abundant is the trunk. Wealth is the bladder. The earth is the feet. The chest is the altar. The body hair is the sacrificial grass. The heart is the household fire. The mind is the cooking fire. The mouth is the offering fire."
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Section 5.18 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 91 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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