Section 6.2
Original Sanskrit
6.2.1 सदेव सोम्येदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयम् । तद्धैक आहुरसदेवेदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयं तस्मादसतः सज्जायत ॥ १ ॥
6.2.2 कुतस्तु खलु सोम्यैवँस्यादिति होवाच कथमसतः सज्जायेतेति। सत्त्वेव सोम्येदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयम् ॥ २ ॥
6.2.3 तदैक्षत बहु स्यां प्रजायेयेति तत्तेजोऽसृजत । तत्तेज ऐक्षत बहु स्यां प्रजायेयेति तदपोऽसृजत । तस्माद्यत्र क्वच शोचति स्वेदते वा पुरुषस्तेजस एव तदध्यापो जायन्ते ॥ ३ ॥
6.2.4 ता आप ऐक्षन्त बह्व्यः स्याम प्रजायेमहीति ता अन्नमसृजन्त । तस्माद्यत्र क्व च वर्षति तदेव भूयिष्ठमन्नं भवत्यद्भ्य एव तदध्यन्नाद्यं जायते ॥ 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.
6.2.1 "In the beginning, my dear, this was Being alone—one alone, without a second. Some say, 'In the beginning this was Nonbeing alone—one alone, without a second. From that Nonbeing, Being was born.'
6.2.2 "But how could that be, my dear?" he said. "How could Being be born from Nonbeing? No, my dear: in the beginning this was Being alone—one alone, without a second.
6.2.3 "It considered, 'May I become many. May I be born.' It brought forth heat. Heat considered, 'May I become many. May I be born.' It brought forth water. That is why, whenever a person grieves or sweats, water is born from heat.
6.2.4 "The waters considered, 'May we become many. May we be born.' They brought forth food. That is why, wherever rain falls, food becomes most abundant. From water, indeed, food to eat is born."
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.
6.2.1 "My dear, in the beginning this was Being alone, just one, without a second. Some say, 'In the beginning this was Nonbeing alone, just one, without a second. From that Nonbeing, Being was born.'
6.2.2 "But my dear, how could that be?" he said. "How could Being be born from Nonbeing? No, my dear, in the beginning this was Being alone, just one, without a second.
6.2.3 "It thought, 'May I become many. May I reproduce.' It created heat. That heat thought, 'May I become many. May I reproduce.' It created water. That is why, whenever someone grieves or sweats, water is born from heat.
6.2.4 "That water thought, 'May we become many. May we reproduce.' It created food. That is why food is most plentiful wherever it rains. Food to eat is born from water."
About this section
Section 6.2 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 99 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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