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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Chāndogya Upanishad / Adhyāya 3 · Khaṇḍa 18

CHĀNDOGYA UPANISHAD · 3.18.2

तद् एतच् चतुष्पाद् ब्रह्म ।
वाक् पादः प्राणः पादश् चक्षुः पादः श्रोत्रं पादः ।
इत्य् अध्यात्मम् ।
अथाधिदैवतम् ।
अग्निः पादो वायुः पाद आदित्यः पादो दिशः पादः ।
इत्य् उभयम् एवादिष्टं भवत्य् अध्यात्मं चाधिदैवतं च ॥

tad etac catuṣpād brahma ।
vāk pādaḥ prāṇaḥ pādaś cakṣuḥ pādaḥ śrotraṃ pādaḥ ।
ity adhyātmam ।
athādhidaivatam ।
agniḥ pādo vāyuḥ pāda ādityaḥ pādo diśaḥ pādaḥ ।
ity ubhayam evādiṣṭaṃ bhavaty adhyātmaṃ cādhidaivataṃ ca ॥

That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, the car is one foot-so much with reference to the body. Then with reference to the gods, Agni (fire) is one foot, Vâyu (air) is one foot, Âditya (sun) is one foot, the quarters are one foot. Thus both the worship which has reference to the body, and the worship which has reference to the Devas, has been taught.

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

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