Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya)
by Ganganatha Jha | 1942 | 149,749 words | ISBN-10: 8170842840 | ISBN-13: 9788170842842
This is the English translation of the Chandogya Upanishad, an ancient philosophical text originally written in Sanksrit and dating to at least the 8th century BCE. Having eight chapters (adhyayas) and many sub-sections (khandas), this text is counted among the largest of it's kind. The Chandogya Upanishad, being connected to the Samaveda, represen...
Section 5.7 (seventh kha峁囜笉a) (two texts)
Upani峁d text:
鈥楾he Man, O Gautama, is the Fire,鈥攐f that, Speech is the Fuel,鈥擝reath, the Smoke,鈥擳ongue, the Flame,鈥擡ye, the Embers and Ear, the Sparks.鈥欌��(1)
Commentary (艢a峁卥ara Bh膩峁a):
The Man, O Gautama, is the Fire; of that Speech is the Fuel; because it is by Speech that the man becomes bright in his face; a dumb person can never be so bright. Breath is the smoke; because Breath goes out of the mouth, just as smoke (goes out of the Fire), Tongue is the Flame,鈥攂ecause it is red.鈥�the Eye is the Embers; because both contain light.鈥�Ear is the Sparks.鈥� because both are equally scattered about.鈥�(1)
Upani峁d text:
In that Fire, the Deities offer Food; out of that libation is produced the Semen.鈥�(2)
Commentary (艢a峁卥ara Bh膩峁a):
The rest is as before. They offer food,鈥攊n the form of 痴谤墨丑颈 and other grains duly embellished and refined. Out of that libation. Semen is produced.鈥�(2)
End of Section (7) of Discourse V.