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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Chāndogya Upanishad / Adhyāya 4 · Khaṇḍa 8

CHĀNDOGYA UPANISHAD · 4.8.3

ब्रह्मणः सोम्य ते पादं ब्रवाणीति ।
ब्रवीतु मे भगवान् इति ।
तस्मै होवाच ।
प्राणः कला ।
चक्षुः कला ।
श्रोत्रं कला ।
मनः कला ।
एष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मण आयतनवान् नाम ॥

brahmaṇaḥ somya te pādaṃ bravāṇīti ।
bravītu me bhagavān iti ।
tasmai hovāca ।
prāṇaḥ kalā ।
cakṣuḥ kalā ।
śrotraṃ kalā ।
manaḥ kalā ।
eṣa vai somya catuṣkalaḥ pādo brahmaṇa āyatanavān nāma ॥

The diver said: 'Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman! 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him: 'Breath is one quarter, the eye is one quarter, the ear is one quarter, the mind is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, and called Âyatanavat (having a home).

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

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