उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 8,2.9
॥
देवनागरी
अथ यदि स्त्रीलोककामः भवति संकल्पात् एव अस्य स्त्रियः समुत्तिष्ठन्ति तेन स्त्रीलोकेन संपन्नः महीयते
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
atha yadi strīlokakāmaḥ bhavati saṃkalpāt eva asya striyaḥ samuttiṣṭhanti tena strīlokena saṃpannaḥ mahīyate
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अथathathereupon; then
यदिyadiif; but if
स्त्रीलोककामःstrīlokakāmaḥdesiring the world of women (strī-loka-kāma); having wished for the world of women; longing for the world of wives
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
संकल्पात्saṃkalpātthan intention; from intention
एवevaindeed; surely
अस्यasyaof this; it
स्त्रियःstriyaḥthe women (strī, plural); of the woman; the wives
समुत्तिष्ठन्तिsamuttiṣṭhantithey climb; arise
तेनtenawith that; by means of this
स्त्रीलोकेनstrīlokenaby the world of women; by the women's region
संपन्नःsaṃpannaḥharnessed; having attained
महीयतेmahīyateis glorified; is magnified
अनुवाद
If he desires the world of women, then by his mere resolve women arise; united with that world, he is exalted.
संस्करण
40191cfc528c · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 11:49:49 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The ninth picture is women. The Upaniṣad fearlessly carries its catalogue to the end: the joy of love too belongs among true desires. The Veda knows no puritan dread of eros — it knows only the difference between its false form, mired in the mortal, and its true form, cleansed of falsehood.
Gauḍīya Vedānta will see here a distant prototype of the highest mystery: the strongest of earthly attachments is the image of the strongest of eternal rasas; mādhurya, the love of the beloved, is the summit of the soul's relations with the Lord. Earthly love is a rough draft; the catalogue of 8.2 promises a fair copy to everyone who finds the ātman and purifies desire into truth.