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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.7

ChU 7.7.1

विज्ञानं वाव ध्यानाद् भूयः । विज्ञानेन वा ऋग्वेदं विजानाति यजुर्वेदं सामवेदम् आथर्वणं चतुर्थम् इतिहासपुराणं पञ्चमं वेदानां वेदं पित्र्यं राशिं दैवं निधिं वाकोवाक्यम् एकायनं देवविद्यां ब्रह्मविद्यां भूतविद्यां क्षत्रविद्यां नक्षत्रविद्यां सर्पदेवजनविद्यां दिवं च पृथिवीं च वायुं चाकाशं चापश् च तेजश् च देवांश् च मनुष्यांश् च पशूंश् च वयांसि च तृणवनस्पतीञ् छ्वापदान्य् आकीटपतङ्गपिपीलकम् । धर्मं चाधर्मं च सत्यं चानृतं च साधु चासाधु च हृदयज्ञं चाहृदयज्ञं चान्नं च रसं चेमं च लोकम् अमुं च विज्ञानेनैव विजानाति । विज्ञानम् उपास्स्वेति

vijñānaṃ vāva dhyānād bhūyaḥ | vijñānena vā ṛgvedaṃ vijānāti yajurvedaṃ sāmavedam ātharvaṇaṃ caturtham itihāsapurāṇaṃ pañcamaṃ vedānāṃ vedaṃ pitryaṃ rāśiṃ daivaṃ nidhiṃ vākovākyam ekāyanaṃ devavidyāṃ brahmavidyāṃ bhūtavidyāṃ kṣatravidyāṃ nakṣatravidyāṃ sarpadevajanavidyāṃ divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca vāyuṃ cākāśaṃ cāpaś ca tejaś ca devāṃś ca manuṣyāṃś ca paśūṃś ca vayāṃsi ca tṛṇavanaspatīñ chvāpadāny ākīṭapataṅgapipīlakam | dharmaṃ cādharmaṃ ca satyaṃ cānṛtaṃ ca sādhu cāsādhu ca hṛdayajñaṃ cāhṛdayajñaṃ cānnaṃ ca rasaṃ cemaṃ ca lokam amuṃ ca vijñānenaiva vijānāti | vijñānam upāssveti

'Understanding (vigñâna) is better than reflection. Through understanding we understand the Rig-veda, the Yagur-veda, the Sâma-veda, and as the fourth the Âtharvana, as the fifth the tihâsapurâna, the Veda of the Vedas, the Pitrya, the Râsi, the Daiva, the Nidhi, the Vâkovâkya, the Ekâyana, the Deva-vidyâ, the Brahma-vidyâ, the Bhûta-vidyâ, the Kshatra-vidyâ, the Nakshatra-vidyâ, the Sarpa and Devagana-vidyâ, heaven, earth, air, ether, water, fire, gods, men, cattle, birds, herbs, trees, all beasts down to worms, midges, and ants; what is right and what is wrong; what is true and what is false; what is good and what is bad; what is pleasing and what is not pleasing; food and savour, this world and that, all this we understand through understanding. Meditate on understanding.

Translated by F. Max Müller

ChU 7.7.2

स यो विज्ञानं ब्रह्मेत्य् उपास्ते । विज्ञानवतो वै स लोकाञ् ज्ञानवतो ऽभिसिध्यति । यावद् विज्ञानस्य गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति यो विज्ञानं ब्रह्मेत्य् उपास्ते । अस्ति भगवो विज्ञानाद् भूय इति । विज्ञानाद् वाव भूयो ऽस्तीति । तन् मे भगवान् ब्रवीत्व् इति

sa yo vijñānaṃ brahmety upāste | vijñānavato vai sa lokāñ jñānavato 'bhisidhyati | yāvad vijñānasya gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati yo vijñānaṃ brahmety upāste | asti bhagavo vijñānād bhūya iti | vijñānād vāva bhūyo 'stīti | tan me bhagavān bravītv iti

'He who meditates on understanding as Brahman, reaches the worlds where there is understanding and knowledge; he is, as it were, lord and master as far as understanding reaches—he who meditates on understanding as Brahman.' 'Sir, is there something better than understanding?' 'Yes, there is something better than understanding.' 'Sir, tell it me.'

Translated by F. Max Müller