yadā vai sukhaṃ labhate ’tha karoti |
nāsukhaṃ labdhvā karoti |
sukham eva labdhvā karoti |
sukhaṃ tv eva vijijñāsitavyam iti |
sukhaṃ bhagavo vijijñāsa iti ||
1. TWENTY-SECOND KHANDA
'When one obtains bliss (in oneself), then one performs duties. One who does not obtain bliss, does not perform duties. Only he who obtains bliss, performs duties. This bliss, however, we must desire to understand.'
'Sir, I desire to understand it.'
sāpi kṛtiryadā sukhaṃ labhate sukhaṃ niratiśayaṃ vakṣyamāṇaṃ labdhavyaṃ mayeti manyate tadā bhavatītyarthaḥ | yathā dṛṣṭaphalasukhā kṛtistathehāpi nāsukhaṃ labdhvā karoti | bhaviṣyadapi phalaṃ labdhvetyucyate | taduddiśya pravṛttyupapatteḥ | athedānīṃ kṛtyādiṣūttarottareṣu satsu satyaṃ svayameva pratibhāsata iti na tadvijñānāya pṛthagyatnaḥ kārya iti prāptaṃ tata idamucyate | sukhaṃ tveva vijijñāsitavyamityādi | sukhaṃ bhagavo vijijñāsa ityabhimukhībhūtāyā’ha || 1 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi saptamādhyāyasya dvāviṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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Prapāṭhaka 1