Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 3,18.1
॥
Devanāgarī
मनस् ब्रह्म इति उपासीत इति अध्यात्मम् अथ अधिदैवतम् आकाशः ब्रह्म इति उभयम् आदिष्टम् भवति अध्यात्मम् च अधिदैवतम् च
Transliteración (IAST)
manas brahma iti upāsīta iti adhyātmam atha adhidaivatam ākāśaḥ brahma iti ubhayam ādiṣṭam bhavati adhyātmam ca adhidaivatam ca
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
मनस्manasthe mind; thinking
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; sacred knowledge
इतिitithus; how
उपासीतupāsītalet him venerate; one should contemplate
इतिitithus; how
अध्यात्मम्adhyātmamthe inward explanation; relating to man
अथathathereupon; then
अधिदैवतम्adhidaivatamthe cosmic explanation; relating to the deities
आकाशःākāśaḥspace; ether
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; sacred knowledge
इतिitithus; how
उभयम्ubhayamboth; the double
आदिष्टम्ādiṣṭamit is enjoined (ā-√diś); it is taught; it is prescribed
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
अध्यात्मम्adhyātmamthe inward explanation; relating to man
चcaand; as well as
अधिदैवतम्adhidaivatamthe cosmic explanation; relating to the deities
चcaand; as well as
Traducción
"The mind is Brahman" — so one should venerate: this is with reference to oneself. Now with reference to the deities: "Space is Brahman." Thus both are taught: the inward and the divine.
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The eighteenth khaṇḍa gives a paired upāsanā: mano brahmety upāsīta — "the mind is Brahman" (the inward leaf) — ākāśo brahma (the cosmic one): mind and space are two faces of one veneration: ubhayam ādiṣṭaṁ bhavati — "both are taught".
The pairing runs deep: the mind is an inward sky (it holds images as the ākāśa holds worlds!), space is an outward mind (everything is thought-and-held within it): to venerate one without the other is half-knowledge (the Īśa: "into greater darkness he who takes but one"!). The adhyātma–adhidaivata diptych is the Chāndogya's constant step (1.2–1.7!): every truth stands on two feet — in the breast and in the world.