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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Chāndogya Upanishad / Adhyāya 3 · Khaṇḍa 17

CHĀNDOGYA UPANISHAD · 3.17.6

तद् धैतद् घोर आङ्गिरसः कृष्णाय देवकीपुत्रायोक्त्वोवाच ।
अपिपास एव स बभूव ।
सो ऽन्तवेलायाम् एतत् त्रयं प्रतिपद्येताक्षितम् अस्य् अच्युतम् असि प्राणसंशितम् असीति ।
तत्रैते द्वे ऋचौ भवतः ॥

tad dhaitad ghora āṅgirasaḥ kṛṣṇāya devakīputrāyoktvovāca ।
apipāsa eva sa babhūva ।
so ’ntavelāyām etat trayaṃ pratipadyetākṣitam asy acyutam asi prāṇasaṃśitam asīti ।
tatraite dve ṛcau bhavataḥ ॥

Ghora Âṅgirasa, after having communicated this (view of the sacrifice) to Krishna, the son of Devăkî --and he never thirsted again (after other knowledge)--said: 'Let a man, when his end approaches, take refuge with this Triad: "Thou art the imperishable," "Thou art the unchangeable," "Thou art the edge of Prâna."' On this subject there are two Rik verses (Rig-veda VIII, 6, 30):--

F. Max Müller · The Upanishads, Sacred Books of the East 1 (1879)

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