sa yaḥ smaraṃ brahmety upāste |
yāvat smarasya gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati yaḥ smaraṃ brahmety upāste |
asti bhagavaḥ smarād bhūya iti |
smarād vāva bhūyo ’stīti |
tan me bhagavān bravītv iti ||
2. 'He who meditates on memory as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as memory reaches -he who meditates on memory as Brahman.'
'Sir, is there something better than memory?'
'Yes, there is something better than memory.'
'Sir, tell it me.'
smaro vāvā’kākāśādbhūyaḥ | smaraṇaṃ smaro ’ntaḥkaraṇadharmaḥ | sa ākāśādbhūyāniti draṣṭavyaṃ liṅgavyatyayena smartuḥ smaraṇe hi satyākāśādi sarvamarthavatsmaraṇavato bhogyatvāt | asati tu smarame sadapyasadeva | sattvakāryābhāvāt | nāpi sattvaṃ smṛtyabhāve śakyamākāśādīnāmavagantumityataḥ smaraṇasyā’kāśādbhṛyastvam | dṛśyate hi loke smaraṇasya bhūyastvaṃ yasmāttasmādyadyapi samuditā bahava ekasminnāsīrannupaviśeyuste tatrā’sīnā anyonyabhāṣitamapi na smarantaścetsyurnaiva te kañcana śabdaṃ śṛṇuyustathā na manvīranmantavyaṃ cetsmareyustadā manvīransmṛtyabhāvānna manvīraṃstathā na vijānīran | yadā vāva te smareyurmantavyaṃ vijñātavyaṃ śrotavyaṃ cātha śṛṇuyuratha manvīrannatha vijānīran | tathā smareṇa vai mama putrā eta iti putrānvijānāti smareṇa paśūn | ato bhūyastvātsmaramupāḥsveti | uktārthamanyat || 1-2 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi saptamādhyāyasya trayodaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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Prapāṭhaka 1