Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 7,1.1
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Devanāgarī
अधीहि भगवः इति ह उपससाद सनत्कुमारम् नारदः तम् ह उवाच यत् वेत्थ तेन मा उपसीद ततः ते ऊर्ध्वम् वक्ष्यामि इति सः ह उवाच
Transliteración (IAST)
adhīhi bhagavaḥ iti ha upasasāda sanatkumāram nāradaḥ tam ha uvāca yat vettha tena mā upasīda tataḥ te ūrdhvam vakṣyāmi iti saḥ ha uvāca
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अधीहिadhīhiteach me (imperative of adhi + √i — 'impart'); instruct me; teach me
भगवःbhagavaḥvenerable one; sir
इतिitithus; how
हhaindeed; surely
उपससादupasasādahe approached him (upa + √sad — as a pupil to his teacher); approached; approached
सनत्कुमारम्sanatkumāramto Sanatkumāra (sanat-kumāra — 'the eternal youth', the son of Brahmā); to Sanatkumāra; to the ever-young one
नारदःnāradaḥNārada (the wandering sage, the singer of the Lord); Nārada; the ṛṣi Nārada
तम्tamit; that one
हhaindeed; surely
उवाचuvācahe said; He spoke
यत्yatwhich; that which
वेत्थvetthayou know (second person of √vid); you are aware of; you are versed in
तेनtenawith that; by means of this
माmānot; me
उपसीदupasīdacome near; come near
ततःtataḥthan this; from that
तेteto you; for you
ऊर्ध्वम्ūrdhvambeyond that (ūrdhva — 'over and above'); over and above it; further
वक्ष्यामिvakṣyāmiI shall tell you (future of √vac); I shall declare; I shall expound
इतिitithus; how
सःsaḥhe; that one
हhaindeed; surely
उवाचuvācahe said; He spoke
Traducción
"Teach me, sir!" With these words Nārada approached Sanatkumāra. He said to him: "Come to me with what you already know — and I shall tell you what lies beyond." And Nārada said:
Versión
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The seventh chapter opens a new summit: the conversation of Nārada with Sanatkumāra — the bhūmā-vidyā, the knowledge of the Boundless. The speakers are awe-inspiring: Nārada is the eternal wandering sage with a vīṇā in his hands, the singer of the Lord; Sanatkumāra is one of Brahmā's four youthful sons, eternal boys born before the worlds. And here the singer of heaven comes up like a schoolboy: adhīhi bhagavaḥ — "teach me, sir".
The teacher's first demand is of rare wisdom: "come with what you know". Before giving the higher, Sanatkumāra bids him lay out what he has: one can teach only from the known to the unknown, and a teacher must see where his pupil's map ends. But there is a second sense too: the knowledge you possess must be brought and laid at the teacher's feet — as Nārada is about to do, unpacking his vast baggage and acknowledging it insufficient. Instruction begins with an inventory — and with the surrender of the inventory.
The tradition loves the mirroring of this scene: in the Bhāgavatam Nārada himself will play Sanatkumāra's part — he will come to the grieving Vyāsa, who has already compiled all the Vedas, and point him to "what lies beyond" (SB 1.4–5). The consoled here becomes the consoler there: so the paramparā flows.