Upanishads · Chāndogya 4,8.4
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यः एतम् एवम् विद्वान् चतुष्कलम् पादम् ब्रह्मणः आयतनवान् इति उपास्ते आयतनवान् अस्मिन् लोके भवति आयतनवतः ह लोकान् जयति यः एतम् एवम् विद्वान् चतुष्कलम् पादम् ब्रह्मणः आयतनवान् इति उपास्ते
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ etam evam vidvān catuṣkalam pādam brahmaṇaḥ āyatanavān iti upāste āyatanavān asmin loke bhavati āyatanavataḥ ha lokān jayati yaḥ etam evam vidvān catuṣkalam pādam brahmaṇaḥ āyatanavān 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
आयतनवान्āyatanavānpossessed of a support; possessed of a foundation
इतिitithus; how
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates; beholds
आयतनवान्āyatanavānpossessed of a support; possessed of a foundation
अस्मिन्asminupon It; in this
लोकेlokeworld; realms
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
आयतनवतःāyatanavataḥthe sheltering [worlds] (genitive of āyatanavat); possessing an abode; having a support
हhaindeed; surely
लोकान्lokānworlds; realms
जयतिjayatiattains; he conquers
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
आयतनवान्āyatanavānpossessed of a support; possessed of a foundation
इतिitithus; how
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates; beholds
Translation
He who, knowing this, venerates the four-portioned quarter of Brahman as the Having-an-abode gains an abode himself in this world and conquers worlds that give shelter — he who, knowing this, venerates the four-portioned quarter of Brahman as the Having-an-abode.
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The fruit of the last quarter is "to have an abode": to cease being homeless. A soul wandering from body to body, from world to world, is nowhere at home until it comes to know its Indweller; and having recognised him in its own breath and mind, it gains for the first time a shelter that death cannot take away.
With this the school of the four teachers is complete. Sixteen portions (four times four) have made up a whole "sixteen-parted" Puruṣa — by a reckoning the Upaniṣads know well (cf. Praśna 6, where sixteen kalās issue from the Puruṣa and return into him). But Satyakāma has received the parts; for the whole the Upaniṣad will lead him to a human ācārya — and that is the most important of its lessons.