Upanishads · Chāndogya 8,5.4
॥
Devanāgarī
तत् यः एव एतौ अरः च ण्यः च अर्णवौ ब्रह्मलोके ब्रह्मचर्येण अनुविन्दन्ति तेषाम् एव एषः ब्रह्मलोकः तेषाम् सर्वेषु लोकेषु कामचारः भवति
Transliteration (IAST)
tat yaḥ eva etau araḥ ca ṇyaḥ ca arṇavau brahmaloke brahmacaryeṇa anuvindanti teṣām eva eṣaḥ brahmalokaḥ teṣām sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāraḥ bhavati
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्tatthat; this
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवevaindeed; surely
एतौetauthese two (etau, dual); both; these two
अरःaraḥAra; the name of a sea
चcaand; as well as
ण्यःṇyaḥṆya (ṇya — the name of the second sea); the sea Ṇya; Ṇya
चcaand; as well as
अर्णवौarṇavauthe two seas; the two watery regions
ब्रह्मलोकेbrahmalokein the world of Brahman; in the abode of Brahman
ब्रह्मचर्येणbrahmacaryeṇaby brahmacarya; by spiritual discipline
अनुविन्दन्तिanuvindantithey find; they realise
तेषाम्teṣāmof them; for them
एवevaindeed; surely
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
ब्रह्मलोकःbrahmalokaḥthe Brahman-world; the abode of Brahman
तेषाम्teṣāmof them; for them
सर्वेषुsarveṣuin all; among all
लोकेषुlokeṣuin the worlds; in the abodes
कामचारःkāmacāraḥfree movement at will; movement at will
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
Translation
And this world of Brahman belongs to those who by brahmacarya find these two seas, Ara and Ṇya: theirs is this world of Brahman, and in all the worlds they have free movement.
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The khaṇḍa closes with the same refrain as the last one (8.4.3), but now with names: they find "Ara and Ṇya" — the abode is no longer an abstraction but a country with a map. The promise is as concrete as a deed of gift: teṣām eva eṣa brahmalokaḥ — "theirs is this world".
The upshot of the two khaṇḍas on brahmacarya is simple and strict: all the roads of austerity — sacrifice, gift, vigil, silence, fasting, the forest — converge into one: a life given to Brahman. He who lives so need not choose among paths: he walks them all at once. It remains to learn how the crossing itself is made — and the next khaṇḍa will describe the anatomy of departure: the channels of the heart and the ray that leads to the sun.