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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.9

यथा सोम्य मधु मधुकृतो निस्तिष्ठन्ति नानात्ययानां वृक्षाणां रसान् समवहारम् एकतां रसं गमयन्ति

yathā somya madhu madhukṛto nistiṣṭhanti nānātyayānāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ rasān samavahāram ekatāṃ rasaṃ gamayanti

'As the bees, my son, make honey by collecting the juices of distant trees, and reduce the juice into one form,

Translated by F. Max Müller

ते यथा तत्र न विवेकं लभन्ते ऽमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य रसो ऽस्म्य् अमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य रसो ऽस्मीति । एवम् एव खलु सोम्येमाः सर्वाः प्रजाः सति संपद्य न विदुः सति संपद्यामह इति

te yathā tatra na vivekaṃ labhante 'muṣyāhaṃ vṛkṣasya raso 'smy amuṣyāhaṃ vṛkṣasya raso 'smīti | evam eva khalu somyemāḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ sati saṃpadya na viduḥ sati saṃpadyāmaha iti

'And as these juices have no discrimination, so that they might say, I am the juice of this tree or that, in the same manner, my son, all these creatures, when they have become merged in the True (either in deep sleep or in death), know not that they are merged in the True.

Translated by F. Max Müller

त इह व्यघ्रो वा सिंहो वा वृको वा वराहो वा कीटो वा पतङ्गो वा दंशो वा मशको वा यद् यद् भवन्ति तद् आभवन्ति

ta iha vyaghro vā siṃho vā vṛko vā varāho vā kīṭo vā pataṅgo vā daṃśo vā maśako vā yad yad bhavanti tad ābhavanti

'Whatever these creatures are here, whether a lion, or a wolf, or a boar, or a worm, or a midge, or a gnat, or a musquito, that they become again and again.

Translated by F. Max Müller

स य एषो ऽणिमैतद् आत्म्यम् इदं सर्वम् । तत् सत्यम् । स आत्मा । तत् त्वम् असि श्वेतकेतो इति । भूय एव मा भगवान् विज्ञापयत्व् इति । तथा सोम्येति होवाच

sa ya eṣo 'ṇimaitad ātmyam idaṃ sarvam | tat satyam | sa ātmā | tat tvam asi śvetaketo iti | bhūya eva mā bhagavān vijñāpayatv iti | tathā somyeti hovāca

'Now that which is that subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it.' 'Please, Sir, inform me still more,' said the son. 'Be it so, my child,' the father replied.

Translated by F. Max Müller