उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 7,1.5
॥
देवनागरी
सः यः नाम ब्रह्म इति उपास्ते यावत् नाम्नः गतम् तत्र अस्य यथाकामचारः भवति यः नाम ब्रह्म इति उपास्ते अस्ति भगवः नाम्नः भूयः इति नाम्नः वाव भूयः अस्ति इति तत् मे भगवान् ब्रवीतु इति
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ nāma brahma iti upāste yāvat nāmnaḥ gatam tatra asya yathākāmacāraḥ bhavati yaḥ nāma brahma iti upāste asti bhagavaḥ nāmnaḥ bhūyaḥ iti nāmnaḥ vāva bhūyaḥ asti iti tat me bhagavān bravītu iti
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सःsaḥhe; that one
यःyaḥwho; the one who
नामnāmathe name; appellation
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; sacred knowledge
इतिitithus; how
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates (upa + √ās); he honours; beholds
यावत्yāvatas far as it reaches (yāvat — 'in so far as'); so far as it extends; up to where
नाम्नःnāmnaḥof the name; appellations
गतम्gatamits reach (gata — 'the extension'); it extends; it goes
तत्रtatrathere; in this
अस्यasyaof this; it
यथाकामचारःyathākāmacāraḥfreedom to move at will (yathā-kāma-cāra); unhindered going as one pleases; movement according to his wish
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
यःyaḥwho; the one who
नामnāmathe name; appellation
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; sacred knowledge
इतिitithus; how
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates (upa + √ās); he honours; beholds
अस्तिastiam; exists
भगवःbhagavaḥvenerable one; sir
नाम्नःnāmnaḥof the name; appellations
भूयःbhūyaḥmore (bhūyas); something more; higher
इतिitithus; how
नाम्नःnāmnaḥof the name; appellations
वावvāvatruly; indeed
भूयःbhūyaḥmore (bhūyas); something more; higher
अस्तिastiam; exists
इतिitithus; how
तत्tatthat; this
मेmemyself; for me
भगवान्bhagavānvenerable one; esteemed one
ब्रवीतुbravītulet him tell me (imperative of √brū); let him declare; let him explain
इतिitithus; how
अनुवाद
He who venerates name as Brahman is free to move as he wishes everywhere that name reaches." — "Sir, is there anything greater than name?" — "There is something greater than name." — "Tell it to me, sir."
संस्करण
b751de6552cf · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 11:42:49 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A formula that will be repeated at every rung: one who venerates it "as Brahman" receives yathā-kāma-cāra, freedom to move at will "everywhere that" this rung reaches. The reward is honest and exact: sovereignty within the bounds of what is venerated. A knower of names is master of everything nameable; but name has an edge, and its venerator's sovereignty has the same edge.
And now the question sounds that makes Nārada great: asti bhagavo nāmno bhūya iti — "is there anything greater?" Fifteen times he will ask it, and each time it is a feat: the asker is a man who has just been promised freedom throughout the whole realm he has attained. Not to be satisfied with an available sovereignty, to sense the edge of every rung — that is the engine of the ascent. Spiritual thirst is precisely the refusal to mistake a spacious cage for freedom.