Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,14.2
॥
Devanāgarī
मनोमयः प्राणशरीरः भारूपः सत्यसंकल्पः आकाशात्मा सर्वकर्मा सर्वकामः सर्वगन्धः सर्वरसः सर्वम् इदम् अभ्यत्तः अवाकी अनादरः
Transliteration (IAST)
manomayaḥ prāṇaśarīraḥ bhārūpaḥ satyasaṃkalpaḥ ākāśātmā sarvakarmā sarvakāmaḥ sarvagandhaḥ sarvarasaḥ sarvam idam abhyattaḥ avākī anādaraḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
मनोमयःmanomayaḥconsisting of mind (mano-maya); mind-woven; apprehensible by the mind
प्राणशरीरःprāṇaśarīraḥwhose body is breath (prāṇa-śarīra); with a body of life; embodied in breath
भारूपःbhārūpaḥwhose form is light (bhā-rūpa); light-formed; radiant in form
सत्यसंकल्पःsatyasaṃkalpaḥwhose purpose is truth (satya-saṅkalpa); whose intentions come true; true-willing
आकाशात्माākāśātmāwhose nature is space (ākāśa-ātman); existing as the expanse; space-natured
सर्वकर्माsarvakarmādoer of all deeds; having all works
सर्वकामःsarvakāmaḥcontaining all desires; having all ends
सर्वगन्धःsarvagandhaḥall-fragrant (sarva-gandha); containing all scents; holder of every odour
सर्वरसःsarvarasaḥall-savoured (sarva-rasa); containing all tastes; holder of every flavour
सर्वम्sarvamall; entirely
इदम्idamthis; thus
अभ्यत्तःabhyattaḥhaving swallowed all; encompassing all
अवाकीavākīspeechless (a-vākin); wordless; silent
अनादरःanādaraḥunconcerned (an-ādara — 'not seeking notice'); unfussing; not craving regard
Translation
Consisting of mind, whose body is breath, whose form is light, whose resolve is truth, whose nature is space, working all, desiring all, all-fragrant, all-savoured, embracing all this, silent, unperturbed —
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The drawing of the Resolve — a portrait of Brahman in the heart, one of the most precious formulas of the śruti: manomayaḥ — "mind-woven" (apprehensible by a pure mind); prāṇa-śarīraḥ — "whose body is breath" (the life of all that lives is His flesh!); bhā-rūpaḥ — "whose form is light"; satya-saṅkalpaḥ — "whose resolve is truth": whatever He wills comes to pass (compare our perpetual gulf between design and deed!); ākāśātmā — "whose nature is space"; sarva-karmā sarva-kāmaḥ sarva-gandhaḥ sarva-rasaḥ — "working all, desiring all, all-fragrant, all-savoured": every deed, desire, scent and taste in the world is His!
And two closing strokes: avākī — "silent" (possessing all tastes, He has no need to speak) and anādaraḥ — "unperturbed, seeking no notice" (fullness does not fuss!). The Gītā will reproduce this formula almost word for word (8.9: "the Poet, the Ancient, the Ruler, subtler than the subtle, the Ordainer of all…").
Mark this: sarva-gandhaḥ sarva-rasaḥ — "all fragrances, all tastes" — Śāṇḍilya's Brahman is no quality-less void: He is the fullness of qualities: every scent of the world is His scent, every taste His taste (raso vai saḥ!): to strip Him of qualities is to impoverish the Full. Such is the image for one's kratu: be turned toward Him in whom everything is fragrant and everything comes true.