sa ya ākāśaṃ brahmety upāste |
ākāśavato vai sa lokān prakāśavato ’saṃbādhān urugāyavato ’bhisidhyati |
yāvad ākāśasya gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati ya ākāśaṃ brahmety upāste |
asti bhagava ākāśād bhūya iti |
ākāśad vāva bhūyo ’stīti |
tan me bhagavān bravītv iti ||
2. 'He who meditates on ether as Brahman, obtains the worlds of ether and of light, which are free from pressure and pain, wide and spacious; he is, as it were, lord and master as far as ether reaches-he who meditates on ether as Brahman.'
'Sir, is there something better than ether?'
'Yes, there is something better than ether.'
'Sir, tell it me.'
phalaṃ śṛṇvākāśavato vai vistārayuktānsa vidvāṃllokānprakāśavataḥ | prakāśākāśayornityasaṃbandhātprakāśavataśca lokānasaṃbādhānsaṃbādhanaṃ saṃbādhaḥ saṃbādho ’nyonyapīḍā tadrahitānasaṃbādhānurugāyavato vistīrṇagatīnvistīrṇapracārāṃllokānabhisidhyati | yāvadākāśasyetyādyuktārtham || 2 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi saptamādhyāyasya dvādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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