Upanishads · Chāndogya 4,6.4
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यः एतम् एवम् विद्वान् चतुष्कलम् पादम् ब्रह्मणः अनन्तवान् इति उपास्ते अनन्तवान् अस्मिन् लोके भवति अनन्तवतः ह लोकान् जयति यः एतम् एवम् विद्वान् चतुष्कलम् पादम् ब्रह्मणः अनन्तवान् इति उपास्ते
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ etam evam vidvān catuṣkalam pādam brahmaṇaḥ anantavān iti upāste anantavān asmin loke bhavati anantavataḥ ha lokān jayati yaḥ etam evam vidvān catuṣkalam pādam brahmaṇaḥ anantavān iti upāste
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतम्etamit; of this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
चतुष्कलम्catuṣkalamthe fourfold; having four portions
पादम्pādamquarter; the foot
ब्रह्मणःbrahmaṇaḥof Brahman; of the Absolute
अनन्तवान्anantavānthe infinite; possessed of endlessness
इतिitithus; how
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates; beholds
अनन्तवान्anantavānthe infinite; possessed of endlessness
अस्मिन्asminupon It; in this
लोकेlokeworld; realms
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
अनन्तवतःanantavataḥthe endless [worlds] (genitive of anantavat); the boundless; the limitless
हhaindeed; surely
लोकान्lokānworlds; realms
जयतिjayatihe conquers (√ji); obtains; attains
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतम्etamit; of this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
चतुष्कलम्catuṣkalamthe fourfold; having four portions
पादम्pādamquarter; the foot
ब्रह्मणःbrahmaṇaḥof Brahman; of the Absolute
अनन्तवान्anantavānthe infinite; possessed of endlessness
इतिitithus; how
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates; beholds
Translation
He who, knowing this, venerates the four-portioned quarter of Brahman as the Infinite becomes infinite himself in this world and conquers infinite worlds — he who, knowing this, venerates the four-portioned quarter of Brahman as the Infinite.
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Again the law of correspondence: one who contemplates the Infinite "becomes infinite" himself — he comes out of the narrowness in which consciousness shuts itself up by identifying with the body and its measure. The soul is not small by nature: it is a spark of the boundless, and remembrance of the boundless restores to it its own spaciousness.
The "infinite worlds" here are not only the higher spheres of the universe but a pointer to what ages cannot exhaust: the abode of the Lord, where neither time nor joy has a limit. The Upaniṣad leads to this gradually, quarter by quarter, training the heart not to halt at anything finite.