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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4.4

ChU 4.4.4

तं होवाच किंगोत्रो नु सोम्यासीति । स होवाच । नाहम् एतद् वेद भो यद्गोत्रो ऽहम् अस्मि । अपृच्छं मातरम् । सा मा प्रत्यब्रवीद् बह्व् अहम् चरन्ती परिचरिणी यौवने त्वाम् अलभे । साहम् एतन् न वेद यद्गोत्रस् त्वम् असि । जबाला तु नामाहम् अस्मि । सत्यकामो नाम त्वम् असीति । सो ऽहं सत्यकामो जाबालो ऽस्मि भो इति

taṃ hovāca kiṃgotro nu somyāsīti | sa hovāca | nāham etad veda bho yadgotro 'ham asmi | apṛcchaṃ mātaram | sā mā pratyabravīd bahv aham carantī paricariṇī yauvane tvām alabhe | sāham etan na veda yadgotras tvam asi | jabālā tu nāmāham asmi | satyakāmo nāma tvam asīti | so 'haṃ satyakāmo jābālo 'smi bho iti

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

He said to him: 'Of what family are you, my friend?' He replied: 'I do not know, Sir, of what family I am. I asked my mother, and she answered: 'In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant, I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am Gabâlâ by name, thou art Satyakâma,' I am therefore Satyakâma Gabâlâ, Sir.'

Translated by F. Max Müller

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Cite as: Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4.4, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/ChU/4.4.4), after GRETIL, Chandogya-Upanisad (Chandogyopanisad) Mula text extracted from the commented version.

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GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/chup___u.htm — Chandogya-Upanisad (Chandogyopanisad) Mula text extracted from the commented version. Input by members of the Sansknet project (formerly: www.sansknet.org) [GRETIL-Version vom 17.03.2017] Revisions: 2017-03-17: 7,16.1 added by James Fitzgerald This GRETIL vers

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