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स समित्पाणिः पुनरेयाय तँ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच मघवन्यच्छान्तहृदयः प्राव्राजीः सार्धं विरोचनेन किमिच्छन्पुनरागम इति स होवाच यथैव खल्वयं भगवोऽस्मिञ्छरीरे साध्वलंकृते साध्वलंकृतो भवति सुवसने सुवसनः परिष्कृते परिष्कृत एवमेवायमस्मिन्नन्धेऽन्धो भवति स्रामे स्रामः परिवृक्णे परिवृक्णोऽस्यैव शरीरस्य नाशमन्वेष नश्यति नाहमत्र भोग्यं पश्यामीति
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sa samitpANiH punareyAya ta{\m+} ha prajApatiruvAcha maghavanyachChAntahR^idayaH prAvrAjIH sArdhaM virochanena kimichChanpunarAgama iti sa hovAcha yathaiva khalvayaM bhagavo.asmi~nCharIre sAdhvalaMkR^ite sAdhvalaMkR^ito bhavati suvasane suvasanaH pariShkR^ite pariShkR^ita evamevAyamasminnandhe.andho bhavati srAme srAmaH parivR^ikNe parivR^ikNo.asyaiva sharIrasya nAshamanveSha nashyati nAhamatra bhogyaM pashyAmIti
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Taking fuel in his hand he came again as a pupil to Pragâpati. Pragâpati said to him: 'Maghavat (Indra), as you went away with Virokana, satisfied in your heart, for what purpose did you come back?' He said: 'Sir, as this self (the shadow) is well adorned,…
“जो ह स्वप्नं पूनित होता हुमा विचरता है यह आतमा है एसा प्रजापतिने कहा यह अमृत हे, जमय है जर् यही ब्रह्म है ॥ पसा नकर वे ( इन्दर ) शान्तहृदयसे चले गये । किंतु देवतारओंकि पस दिभिः पूज्यमानशवरत्यनेकवि- आदिसे पूजित होता हा क अर्थात् मनेक प्रकारके भोगोक्ो धान स्वमभोगानयुभवतीत्य्थः। । अनुभव करता है, वही भातमा है “यह् इस देहके वधसे नष्ट भी नदीं होता ओर न इसकी स्रामतासे जाम होता है । तु इसे मानो को मारत हो, कोई ताडित कता हो, यह् मानो अग्रियवे्ता हो जोर रुदन करता होप हो नाता है; अतः
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Taking fuel in his hand he came again as a pupil to Pragâpati. Pragâpati said to him: 'Maghavat (Indra), as you went away with Virokana, satisfied in your heart, for what purpose did you come back?' He said: 'Sir, as this self (the shadow) is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if the body is well cleaned, that self will also be blind, if the body is blind, lame, if the body is lame, crippled, if the body is crippled, and will perish in fact as soon as the body perishes. Therefore I see no good in this (doctrine).'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
स समित्पाणिः पुनरेयाय तँ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच मघवन्यच्छान्तहृदयः प्राव्राजीः सार्धं विरोचनेन किमिच्छन्पुनरागम इति स होवाच यथैव खल्वयं भगवोऽस्मिञ्छरीरे साध्वलंकृते साध्वलंकृतो भवति सुवसने सुवसनः परिष्कृते परिष्कृत एवमेवायमस्मिन्नन्धेऽन्धो भवति स्रामे स्रामः परिवृक्णे परिवृक्णोऽस्यैव शरीरस्य नाशमन्वेष नश्यति नाहमत्र भोग्यं पश्यामीति
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
Taking fuel in his hand he came again as a pupil to Pragâpati. Pragâpati said to him: 'Maghavat (Indra), as you went away with Virokana, satisfied in your heart, for what purpose did you come back?' He said: 'Sir, as this self (the shadow) is well adorned, when the body is well adorned, well dressed, when the body is well dressed, well cleaned, if the body is well cleaned, that self will also be blind, if the body is blind, lame, if the body is lame, crippled, if the body is crippled, and will perish in fact as soon as the body perishes. Therefore I see no good in this (doctrine).'
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: Taking fuel in his hand he came again as a pupil to Pragâpati. Pragâpati said to him: 'Maghavat (Indra), as you went away with Virokana, satisfied in your heart, for what purpose did you come back?' He said: 'Sir, as this self (the shadow) is well adorned,…
Sense: Taking fuel in his hand he came again as a pupil to Pragâpati. Pragâpati said to him: 'Maghavat (Indra), as you went away with Virokana, satisfied in your heart, for what purpose did you come back?' He said: 'Sir, as this self (the shadow) is well adorned,…
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
“जो ह स्वप्नं पूनित होता हुमा विचरता है यह आतमा है एसा प्रजापतिने कहा यह अमृत हे, जमय है जर् यही ब्रह्म है ॥ पसा नकर वे ( इन्दर ) शान्तहृदयसे चले गये। देह के पदार्थ बदलते रहते हैं, पर जानने का बोध बना रहता है। यह पंक्ति उसी अंतर को कहती है — जो बदलता है वह आवरण है, जो जानता है वह निरंतर है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
- sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/chhandogya.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
- Translations
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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- Licence note (as recorded)
- Sanskrit mūla — public domain. Digitized by sanskritdocuments.org.
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