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 2.18 (eighteenth khaṇḍa) (two texts)
Upaniṣad text:
Goats are the syllable ‘Hiṃ’; Sheep are the Prastāva; Cows are the Udgītha; Horses are the Pratihāra; Man is the Nidhana.—These are the Revatīs (Sāma) interwoven in cattle.—(1)
Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):
Goats are the syllable ‘Hiṃ’ etc., etc.—as before.—Interwoven in Cattle.—(1)
Upaniṣad text:
One who thus knows the Revatīs as interwoven, in cattle, becomes the owner of cattle, attains the full life-span, lives gloriously and becomes great in offspring and cattle, great in fame.—His observance is that he should not decry the Cattle.—
Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):
The observance is that he should not decry the Cattle.—(2)
End of Section (18) of Discourse II