Upanishads · Chāndogya 4,9.1
॥
Devanāgarī
प्राप ह आचार्यकुलम् तम् आचार्यः अभ्युवाद सत्यकाम इति भगवः इति ह प्रतिशुश्राव
Transliteration (IAST)
prāpa ha ācāryakulam tam ācāryaḥ abhyuvāda satyakāma iti bhagavaḥ iti ha pratiśuśrāva
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
प्रापprāpahe reached (pra + √āp — 'to arrive at'); went; he came to
हhaindeed; surely
आचार्यकुलम्ācāryakulamthe teacher's house; the preceptor's household
तम्tamit; that one
आचार्यःācāryaḥthe teacher (ācārya — he who teaches by his own conduct); the preceptor; the ācārya
अभ्युवादabhyuvādaaddressed; he spoke up
सत्यकामsatyakāmaO Satyakāma; Satyakāma
इतिitithus; how
भगवःbhagavaḥvenerable one; sir
इतिitithus; how
हhaindeed; surely
प्रतिशुश्रावpratiśuśrāvahe answered; he answered
Translation
He reached the teacher's house. The teacher addressed him: "Satyakāma!" — "Sir!" he answered.
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The circle is closed: where the bull began — "lead us to the teacher's house" — there it ends. All four wondrous instructors, each with his own quarter, sent the youth with one accord not into the forest or into seclusion but to a human ācārya. The revelations of nature do not replace a living succession — they flow into it.
And the first words in the guru's house are the same address and the same response as with the bull, the fire and the birds: "Satyakāma!" — "Bhagavaḥ!" The evenness of that response is the measure of the pupil's heart: he stands before the truth alike, by whatever mouth it speaks.