Upanishads · Chāndogya 8,2.4
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ यदि स्वसृलोककामः भवति संकल्पात् एव अस्य स्वसारः समुत्तिष्ठन्ति तेन स्वसृलोकेन संपन्नः महीयते
Transliteration (IAST)
atha yadi svasṛlokakāmaḥ bhavati saṃkalpāt eva asya svasāraḥ samuttiṣṭhanti tena svasṛlokena saṃpannaḥ mahīyate
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
यदिyadiif; but if
स्वसृलोककामःsvasṛlokakāmaḥdesiring the world of the sisters (svasṛ-loka-kāma); having wished for the sisters' world; longing for the world of sisters
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
संकल्पात्saṃkalpātthan intention; from intention
एवevaindeed; surely
अस्यasyaof this; it
स्वसारःsvasāraḥthe sisters (svasṛ, plural); sisters; sisters
समुत्तिष्ठन्तिsamuttiṣṭhantithey climb; arise
तेनtenawith that; by means of this
स्वसृलोकेनsvasṛlokenaby the world of the sisters; by the sisters' region
संपन्नःsaṃpannaḥharnessed; having attained
महीयतेmahīyateis glorified; is magnified
Translation
If he desires the world of the sisters, then by his mere resolve the sisters arise; united with that world of the sisters, he is exalted.
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Available inRUENPage between verses with
The fourth picture is the sisters. A gentle completeness in the catalogue: the Vedic world, which often sounds masculine, remembers the sisters here too — every thread of kinship is worthy of eternity.
The repetition verse after verse works like an incantation of abundance: the freedom of one who has found is not abstract; it can be enumerated, like a family table at a feast — and every place at that table is laid by a separate verse of the Veda.