Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,21.3
॥
Devanāgarī
तत् एषः श्लोकः यानि पञ्चधा त्रीणि त्रीणि तेभ्यः न ज्यायः परम् अन्यत् अस्ति
Transliteration (IAST)
tat eṣaḥ ślokaḥ yāni pañcadhā trīṇi trīṇi tebhyaḥ na jyāyaḥ param anyat asti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्tatthat; this
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
श्लोकःślokaḥa verse; a stanza
यानिyānithose who; those that
पञ्चधाpañcadhāfivefold (pañcadhā); fivefold; in five ranks
त्रीणिtrīṇithree; threefold
त्रीणिtrīṇithree; threefold
तेभ्यःtebhyaḥthan they; to them
नnanot; no
ज्यायःjyāyaḥthe most excellent (jyāyas); the highest; greater
परम्paramwhat is higher; the transcendent
अन्यत्anyatother; another
अस्तिastiam; exists
Translation
Of this there is this verse: "Those triads, taken fivefold — higher than they there is nothing else, nothing more excellent.
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A sealing verse: yāni pañcadhā trīṇi trīṇi — "those triads, [taken] fivefold": the five triads of the preceding contemplation (5 × 3 = 15 entities in all) — tebhyo na jyāyaḥ param anyad asti — "higher than they there is nothing else": the list of the twenty-first khaṇḍa is declared exhaustive: everything there is, is in these fifteen; beyond them there is nothing "further".
A formula of completeness matters for upāsanā: the contemplator must know that his object leaves no remainder: the sāman is woven into everything without exception — otherwise "to become All" (verse 2.21.2) would be to become almost-all. The Vedas are fond of such closing seals: the count is finished, the sack is tied: now the knowledge can be carried.