Upanishads · Chāndogya 5,1.4
॥
Devanāgarī
यः ह वै संपदम् वेद सम् ह अस्मै कामाः पद्यन्ते दैवाः च मानुषाः च श्रोत्रम् वाव संपत्
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ ha vai saṃpadam veda sam ha asmai kāmāḥ padyante daivāḥ ca mānuṣāḥ ca śrotram vāva saṃpat
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
हhaindeed; surely
वैvaiverily; indeed
संपदम्saṃpadamattainment (sam-pad — 'concurrence, acquisition, success'); the gaining; competence
वेदvedaknows; understands
सम्samtogether; coming together
हhaindeed; surely
अस्मैasmaifor him; to him
कामाःkāmāḥthe desirable things (kāma); desires; the objects of desire
पद्यन्तेpadyantethey accrue (sam …padyante — 'they fall together, they come to one'); they come together; they fall to him
दैवाःdaivāḥdivine; the heavenly; those from the gods
चcaand; as well as
मानुषाःmānuṣāḥhuman; of men; the earthly
चcaand; as well as
श्रोत्रम्śrotramthe ear; hearing; the power of hearing
वावvāvatruly; indeed
संपत्saṃpatsuccess; the way of attaining
Translation
He who knows attainment — to him come the things desired, both divine and human. Hearing is attainment.
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Hearing is saṁpad, "attainment, acquisition": by listening everything a man can learn is attained — the Veda comes through the ear, and the tradition itself is called śruti, "what is heard". To one who can listen the desired comes of itself, "both the divine and the human": the heavenly, because revelation sounds; the earthly, because human affairs too are learned by listening.
For the path of bhakti this title is especially dear: śravaṇa, hearing, is the first of the nine forms of devotion (SB 7.5.23), the door through which all the rest come in. Yet hearing too is only one of the powers: a year of deafness, the parable will say, life can endure. Listening is not saving of itself but by reason of Whom one listens to.