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 2.17 (seventeenth khaṇḍa) (two texts)
Upaniṣad text:
The Earth is the syllable ‘Hiṃ’; the Sky is the Prastāva; the Heaven is the Udgītha; the Quarters, are the Pratihāra; the Ocean is the Nidhana.—These are the Śakvarīs (Sāma) interwoven in the Regions.—(1)
Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):
The Earth is the syllable Him etc., etc.—as above.’The name ‘Śakvaryaḥ’ is always in the Plural form; just like the name ‘Revatyaḥ’.—Interwoven in the Regions.—(1)
Upaniṣad text:
One who thus knows the Śakvarīs as interwoven in the Regions becomes the owner of the Regions, attains the full life-span, lives gloriously and becomes great with offspring and cattle, great in fame.—His observance is that he should not decry the Regions.—(2)
Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):
Becomes the owner of the Regions; that is, becomes equipped with all that is good in the Regions.—The observance is that one should not decry the Regions.—(2)
End of Section (17) of Discourse II