Upanishads · Chāndogya 1,7.5
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ यः एषः अन्तर् अक्षिणि पुरुषः दृश्यते सः एव ऋक् तत् साम तत् उक्थम् तत् यजुः तत् ब्रह्म तस्य एतस्य तत् एव रूपं यत् अमुष्य रूपं याव् अमुष्य गेष्णौ तौ तौ गोष्णौ यत् नाम तत् नाम
Transliteration (IAST)
atha yaḥ eṣaḥ antar akṣiṇi puruṣaḥ dṛśyate saḥ eva ṛk tat sāma tat uktham tat yajuḥ tat brahma tasya etasya tat eva rūpaṃ yat amuṣya rūpaṃ yāv amuṣya geṣṇau tau tau goṣṇau yat nāma tat nāma
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
अन्तर्antarwithin; inwardly
अक्षिणिakṣiṇiin the eye (akṣi); within the eye; in the eye
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥman; Puruṣa
दृश्यतेdṛśyateis seen; is beheld
सःsaḥhe; that one
एवevaindeed; surely
ऋक्ṛkthe ṛc; a hymn of the Ṛg-veda
तत्tatthat; this
सामsāmathe sāman; the chant
तत्tatthat; this
उक्थम्ukthamthe uktha (uktha — a recited hymn); the hymn of praise; the uktha
तत्tatthat; this
यजुःyajuḥthe yajus; the sacrificial formula
तत्tatthat; this
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; sacred knowledge
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
एतस्यetasyaof this; from this
तत्tatthat; this
एवevaindeed; surely
रूपंrūpaṃthe form (rūpa); a shape; shape
यत्yatwhich; that which
अमुष्यamuṣyathat one; of that other
रूपंrūpaṃthe form (rūpa); a shape; shape
याव्yāvwhich two; what two
अमुष्यamuṣyathat one; of that other
गेष्णौgeṣṇauthe two songs; the two singing powers
तौtauthese two; both
तौtauthese two; both
गोष्णौgoṣṇauthe two songs; the two singing powers
यत्yatwhich; that which
नामnāmaname (nāman); the name; naming
तत्tatthat; this
नामnāmaname (nāman); the name; naming
Translation
Now that Puruṣa who is seen within the eye — he is the ṛc, he is the sāman, he is the uktha, he is the yajus, he is Brahman. His form is that very form which is the other's; the other's two songs are his two songs; the other's name is his name.
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The seventh khaṇḍa's culmination: atha ya eṣo 'ntar akṣiṇi puruṣo dṛśyate — "now that Puruṣa who is seen within the eye": in the pupil of the beholder, again, Someone: sa eva ṛk tat sāma tad ukthaṁ tad yajus tad brahma — "he is the ṛc, the sāman, the uktha, the yajus, Brahman": all the sacred words are his names.
And then a threefold identification, clause by clause: tasyaitasya tad eva rūpaṁ yad amuṣya rūpam — "this one's form is the very form of that one": yāv amuṣya geṣṇau tau geṣṇau yan nāma tan nāma — "his songs are the same songs, his name the same name": the Puruṣa in the eye and the Puruṣa in the sun are ONE. This is one of the pivotal recognitions of the whole Chāndogya (it will be repeated at 4.15 and unfolded in the eighth adhyāya): He who is in the highest luminary is He who is in the depth of the beholding eye: the Lord is not divided by distance: within me looks the One who shines there (Gītā 13.17: "the Light of lights, he abides in the heart of each").