Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 5,3.4
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ अनु किम् अनु शिष्टः अवोचथाः यः हि इमानि न विद्यात् कथम् सः अनुशिष्टः ब्रुवीत इति सः ह आयस्तः पितुः अर्धम् एयाय तम् ह उवाच अननुशिष्य वाव किल मा भगवान् अब्रवीत् अनु त्वा अशिषम् इति
Transliteración (IAST)
atha anu kim anu śiṣṭaḥ avocathāḥ yaḥ hi imāni na vidyāt katham saḥ anuśiṣṭaḥ bruvīta iti saḥ ha āyastaḥ pituḥ ardham eyāya tam ha uvāca ananuśiṣya vāva kila mā bhagavān abravīt anu tvā aśiṣam iti
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अथathathereupon; then
अनुanuwhether; thereafter
किम्kimwhat; why
अनुanuwhether; thereafter
शिष्टःśiṣṭaḥinstructed; instructed
अवोचथाःavocathāḥyou said; you said
यःyaḥwho; the one who
हिhiindeed; truly
इमानिimānithese; all these
नnanot; no
विद्यात्vidyāthe would know; it should be known
कथम्kathamhow; in what manner
सःsaḥhe; that one
अनुशिष्टःanuśiṣṭaḥtaught (anu-śiṣṭa); instructed; having received instruction
ब्रुवीतbruvītacould he speak; he would say
इतिitithus; how
सःsaḥhe; that one
हhaindeed; surely
आयस्तःāyastaḥdistressed (ā-yasta — 'worn out'); grieved; downcast
पितुःpituḥto his father (pitṛ); the father; to his parent
अर्धम्ardhamthe place; the side
एयायeyāyawent; made his way
तम्tamit; that one
हhaindeed; surely
उवाचuvācahe said; He spoke
अननुशिष्यananuśiṣyawithout having taught (an-anuśiṣya); without instructing; with no instruction given
वावvāvatruly; indeed
किलkilaindeed; as they say
माmānot; me
भगवान्bhagavānvenerable one; esteemed one
अब्रवीत्abravīthe said; he spoke
अनुanuwhether; thereafter
त्वाtvāyou; to you
अशिषम्aśiṣamI taught you; I instructed you
इतिitithus; how
Traducción
"How then did you say you had been instructed? He who does not know these things — how is he instructed?" Dejected, Śvetaketu came to his father and said: "Without instructing me, sir, you said, 'I have instructed you'!"
Versión
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The king's verdict is severe but exact: "instructed" is he who knows the soul's destiny, not he who has completed a course. And the youth, so confident a moment ago, comes home "dejected" (āyasta) — with the saving wound from which real learning begins. Note his reproach to his father: in it there still speaks the resentment that shifts the blame — "you said you had instructed me". A pupil accuses his teacher before he learns to thank him.
This scene is a mirror for all education, and for spiritual education first of all: one may hand on the texts and fail to hand on the knowledge of where the soul is going. Twelve years of study (6.1 will speak of them) did not cover one king's five questions. The lesson is not the vanity of learning but its measure: it is a vessel; it is filled where the vidyā lives — and the road there runs through an acknowledged "I do not know".