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’s weekly discourses; incorporating extracts from Shankara’s 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 4.4.2
सा हैनमुवाच नाहमेतद्वे� ता� यद्गोत्रस्त्वमसि बह्वहं चरन्ती परिचारिणी यौवन� त्वामलभे साहमेतन्� वे� यद्गोत्रस्त्वमसि जबाल� तु नामाहमस्मि सत्यकामो ना� त्वमसि � सत्यका� एव जाबालो ब्रवीथा इत� � �.�.� �
sā hainamuvāca nāhametadveda ٲ yadgotrastvamasi bahvaha� carantī paricāriṇ� yauvane tvāmalabhe sāhametanna veda yadgotrastvamasi jabālā tu nāmāhamasmi satyakāmo 峾 tvamasi sa satyakāma eva jābālo bravīthā iti || 4.4.2 ||
2. Jabālā said to him: ‘My son, I don’t know what your lineage is. I was very busy serving many people when I was young, and I had you. As this was the situation, I know nothing about your lineage. My name is Jabālā, and your name is Satyakāma. When asked about your lineage, say, “I am Satyakāma .Ũ�.
Word-for-word explanation:
, she [Jabālā]; ha enam uvāca, said to him; na aham etat veda, I don’t know this; ٲ, my son; yat gotra� tvam asi, what your lineage is; bahu aham carantī paricāriṇ�, I was busy serving many people; yauvane tvām alabhe, I had you when I was young; sā etat, for this reason; aham yat gotra� tvam asi na veda, I know nothing about what your lineage is; jabālā tu 峾 aham asmi, but my name is Jabālā; satyakāma� 峾 tvam asi, your name is Satyakāma; sa� satyakāma� eva � bruvīthā� iti, [when asked about your lineage] say this that you are Satyakāma .
Commentary:
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