Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 1,2.4
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ ह चक्षुः उद्गीथम् उपासाम् चक्रिरे तद् ह असुराः पाप्मना विविधुः तस्मात् तेन उभयम् पश्यति दर्शनीयम् च अदर्शनीयम् च पाप्मना हि एतत् विद्धम्
Transliteración (IAST)
atha ha cakṣuḥ udgītham upāsām cakrire tad ha asurāḥ pāpmanā vividhuḥ tasmāt tena ubhayam paśyati darśanīyam ca adarśanīyam ca pāpmanā hi etat viddham
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अथathathereupon; then
हhaindeed; surely
चक्षुःcakṣuḥthe eye; sight
उद्गीथम्udgīthamthe udgītha; the exalted chant
उपासाम्upāsāmveneration; the contemplation
चक्रिरेcakrirethey made; they became
तद्tadthat; this
हhaindeed; surely
असुराःasurāḥthe asuras; the adversaries of the gods
पाप्मनाpāpmanāby sin; by defilement
विविधुःvividhuḥthey pierced; they struck
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore; for that reason
तेनtenawith that; by means of this
उभयम्ubhayamboth; the double
पश्यतिpaśyatisees; looks
दर्शनीयम्darśanīyamthe comely (darśanīya — 'worth seeing'); the good-looking; pleasing to the eye
चcaand; as well as
अदर्शनीयम्adarśanīyamthe uncomely (a-darśanīya); the ill-favoured; unworthy of a look
चcaand; as well as
पाप्मनाpāpmanāby sin; by defilement
हिhiindeed; truly
एतत्etatthis; all this
विद्धम्viddhampierced; struck
Traducción
Then they began to venerate the eye as the udgītha — but the asuras pierced it with evil. Hence with it men see both the comely and the uncomely: for it has been pierced with evil.
Versión
9af6d3c585cd · publicado 26 jul 2026, 22:28:09 UTC
Disponible enRUENPasa de verso en verso con
The third position is cakṣus, sight: the wound is the same: darśanīyaṁ cādarśanīyaṁ ca — "both what is worth seeing and what is not": the eye, designed as a window of light (in the Aitareya the Sun came forth out of sight!), has been pierced — and has taken to gaping: reaching for the unseemly with the same greed as for the seemly.
The formula, repeated three times, trains our view of our own faculties: each is the field of a battle once lost; its traces are in every day — an overheard slander, a sidelong glance, a crooked word escaped. The Upaniṣad does not moralize — it maps: here are the breaches; let us go on and look for what is whole.