Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation)
by Swami Lokeswarananda | 165,421 words | ISBN-10: 8185843910 | ISBN-13: 9788185843919
This is the English translation of the Chandogya-upanishad, including a commentary based on Swami Lokeswarananda鈥檚 weekly discourses; incorporating extracts from Shankara鈥檚 bhasya. The Chandogya Upanishad is a major Hindu philosophical text incorporated in the Sama Veda, and dealing with meditation and Brahman. This edition includes the Sanskrit t...
Verse 3.13.5
啶呧ぅ 啶啶洁じ啷嵿く啷嬥ぐ啷嵿ぇ啷嵿さ啶� 啶膏啶粪た啶� 啶� 啶夃う啶距え啶� 啶� 啶掂ぞ啶啶� 啶� 啶嗋啶距ざ啶膏啶むう啷囙い啶︵啶溹ざ啷嵿 啶す啶多啶氞啶む啶啶ぞ啶膏啶む啶溹じ啷嵿さ啷� 啶す啶膏啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ啶さ啶むた 啶� 啶忇さ啶� 啶掂啶� 啷� 啷�.啷оォ.啷� 啷�
atha yo'syordhva岣� 蝉耻峁岣� sa 耻诲腻苍补岣� sa 惫腻测耻岣� sa 腻办腻艣补stadetadoja艣ca maha艣cetyup膩s墨taujasv墨 mahasv膩nbhavati ya eva峁� veda || 3.13.5 ||
5. Next, the door at the top of the heart is 耻诲腻苍补. It is also 惫腻测耻 [air], and it is 腻办腻艣补 [space]. Worship this [Brahman in the form of 耻诲腻苍补] as strength and greatness. He who knows this becomes strong and great.
Word-for-word explanation:
Atha, next; 测补岣� asya 奴谤诲丑惫补岣� 蝉耻峁岣�, that which is its passage at the top [of the heart]; 蝉补岣� 耻诲腻苍补岣�, that is 耻诲腻苍补; 蝉补岣� 惫腻测耻岣�, that is [also] 惫腻测耻 [air]; 蝉补岣� 腻办腻艣补岣�, [and] that is 腻办腻艣补 [space]; tat etat, it is that [Brahman as 耻诲腻苍补]; oja岣� ca 尘补丑补岣� ca
Commentary:
There is an aperture at the upper part of the heart, and this is known as 耻诲腻苍补. Air passes through this aperture from the feet to the head to help maintain the necessary operations of the body. The air that passes thus is also called 耻诲腻苍补. 膧k膩艣a (space) is the support of this 耻诲腻苍补. Because 耻诲腻苍补 is one of the gateways to Brahman, it is meditated on as Brahman. If you do this, you become strong and famous. But, more important, you also attain heaven.