Library·Chāndogya Upaniṣad·4·4.2

Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.2

तद् उ ह जानश्रुतिः पौत्रायणः षट् शतानि गवां निष्कम् अश्वतरीरथं तद् आदाय प्रतिचक्रमे । तं हाभ्युवाद

tad u ha jānaśrutiḥ pautrāyaṇaḥ ṣaṭ śatāni gavāṃ niṣkam aśvatarīrathaṃ tad ādāya praticakrame | taṃ hābhyuvāda

Then Gânasruti Pautrâyana took six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules, went to Raikva and said:

Translated by F. Max Müller

रैक्वेमानि षट् शतानि गवाम् अयं निष्को ऽयम् अश्वतरीरथः । अनु म एतां भगवो देवतां शाधि यां देवताम् उपास्स इति

raikvemāni ṣaṭ śatāni gavām ayaṃ niṣko 'yam aśvatarīrathaḥ | anu ma etāṃ bhagavo devatāṃ śādhi yāṃ devatām upāssa iti

'Raikva, here are six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules; teach me the deity which you worship.'

Translated by F. Max Müller

तम् उ ह परः प्रत्युवाचाह हारेत्वा शूद्र तवैव सह गोभिर् अस्त्व् इति । तद् उ ह पुनर् एव जानश्रुतिः पौत्रायणः सहस्रं गवां निष्कम् अश्वतरीरथं दुहितरं तद् आदाय प्रतिचक्रमे

tam u ha paraḥ pratyuvācāha hāretvā śūdra tavaiva saha gobhir astv iti | tad u ha punar eva jānaśrutiḥ pautrāyaṇaḥ sahasraṃ gavāṃ niṣkam aśvatarīrathaṃ duhitaraṃ tad ādāya praticakrame

The other replied: 'Fie, necklace and carriage be thine, O Sûdra, together with the cows.' Then Gânasruti Pautrâyana took again a thousand cows, a necklace, a carriage with mules, and his own daughter, and went to him.

Translated by F. Max Müller

तं हाभ्युवाद । रैक्वेदं सहस्रं गवाम् अयं निष्को ऽयम् अश्वतरीरथ इयं जायायं ग्रामो यस्मिन्न् आस्से ऽन्व् एव मा भगवः शाधीति

taṃ hābhyuvāda | raikvedaṃ sahasraṃ gavām ayaṃ niṣko 'yam aśvatarīratha iyaṃ jāyāyaṃ grāmo yasminn āsse 'nv eva mā bhagavaḥ śādhīti

He said to him: 'Raikva, there are a thousand cows, a necklace, a carriage with mules, this wife, and this village in which thou dwellest. Sir, teach me!'

Translated by F. Max Müller

तस्या ह मुखम् उपोद्गृह्णन्न् उवाचाजहारेमाः शूद्रानेनैव मुखेनालापयिष्यथा इति । ते हैते रैक्वपर्णा नाम महावृषेषु यत्रास्मा उवास । तस्मै होवाच

tasyā ha mukham upodgṛhṇann uvācājahāremāḥ śūdrānenaiva mukhenālāpayiṣyathā iti | te haite raikvaparṇā nāma mahāvṛṣeṣu yatrāsmā uvāsa | tasmai hovāca

He, opening her mouth, said: 'You have brought these (cows and other presents), O Sûdra, but only by that mouth did you make me speak.' These are the Raikva-parana villages in the country of the Mahâvrishas (mahâpunyas) where Raikva dwelt under him. And he said to him:

Translated by F. Max Müller