Upanishads · Chāndogya 8,2.3
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ यदि भ्रातृलोककामः भवति संकल्पात् एव अस्य भ्रातरः समुत्तिष्ठन्ति तेन भ्रातृलोकेन संपन्नः महीयते
Transliteration (IAST)
atha yadi bhrātṛlokakāmaḥ bhavati saṃkalpāt eva asya bhrātaraḥ samuttiṣṭhanti tena bhrātṛlokena saṃpannaḥ mahīyate
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
यदिyadiif; but if
भ्रातृलोककामःbhrātṛlokakāmaḥdesiring the world of the brothers (bhrātṛ-loka-kāma); having wished for the brothers' world; longing for the world of brothers
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
संकल्पात्saṃkalpātthan intention; from intention
एवevaindeed; surely
अस्यasyaof this; it
भ्रातरःbhrātaraḥthe brothers (bhrātṛ, plural); brothers; brothers
समुत्तिष्ठन्तिsamuttiṣṭhantithey climb; arise
तेनtenawith that; by means of this
भ्रातृलोकेनbhrātṛlokenaby the world of the brothers; by the brothers' region
संपन्नःsaṃpannaḥharnessed; having attained
महीयतेmahīyateis glorified; is magnified
Translation
If he desires the world of the brothers, then by his mere resolve the brothers arise; united with that world of the brothers, he is exalted.
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The third picture is the brothers. The series is unhurried, like a litany: the Upaniṣad gives each kinship its own verse, refusing to lump them into a common list — love has no "wholesale" categories; every bond is by name.
Note too the constancy of the mechanics: saṁkalpād eva — "by mere resolve". No rite, no accumulated merit, no intermediaries — a pure wanting of a pure heart. So Being acts in the sixth chapter ("It thought — and it came to be", 6.2.3); one who has found the ātman inherits that manner of acting in his own measure: his will has grown together with truth and therefore is fulfilled.