tau ha prajāpatir uvāca ya eṣo ’kṣiṇi puruṣo dṛṣyata eṣa ātmeti hovāca |
etad amṛtam abhayam etad brahmeti |
atha yo ’yaṃ bhagavo ’psu parikhyāyate yaś cāyam ādarśe katama eṣa iti |
eṣa u evaiṣu sarveṣvannteṣu parikhyāyata iti hovāca ||

tāvevaṃ tapasvinau śuddhakalmaṣau yogyāvupalabhya prajāpatiruvācaha-ya eṣo ’kṣiṇi puruṣo nivṛttacakṣurbhirmṛditakaṣāyairdṛśyate yogibhirdraṣṭā, eṣa ātmāpahatapāpmādiguṇo yamavocaṃ purāhaṃ yadvijñānātsarvalokakāmāvāptiretadamṛtaṃ bhamākhyamata evābhayamata eva brahma vṛddhatamamiti | athaitatprajāpatinoktamakṣiṇi puruṣo dṛśyata iti vacaḥ śrutvā chāyārūpaṃ puruṣaṃ jagṛhatuḥ | gṛhītvā ca dṛḍhīkaraṇāya prajāpatiṃ pṛṣṭavantau | atha yo ’yaṃ he bhagavo ’psu parikhyāyate parisamantājjñāyate yaścāyamādarśa ātmanaḥ pratibimbākāraḥ parikhyāyate khaḍgādau ca katama eṣa eṣāṃ bhagavadbhiruktaḥ kiṃvaika eva sarveṣviti | evaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ prajāpatiruvāca-eṣa u eva yaścakṣuṣi draṣṭā mayokta iti | etanmanasi kṛtvaiṣu sarveṣvanteṣu madhyeṣu parikhyāyata iti hovāca | nanu kathaṃ yuktaṃ śiṣyorviparītagrahaṇamanujñātuṃ prajāpatervigatadoṣasyā’cāryasya sataḥ | satyameva, nānujñātam | katham | ātmanyadhyāropitapāṇḍityamahattvaboddhṛtvau hīndravirocanau tathaiva ca prathitau loke | tau yadi prajāpatinā mūḍhau yuvāṃ viparītagrāhiṇāvityuktau syātāṃ tatastastayościtte duḥkhaṃ syāttajjanitācca cittāvasādātpunaḥ praśnaśravaṇagrahaṇāvadhāraṇaṃ pratyutsāhavidhātaḥ syādato rakṣaṇīyau śiṣyāviti manyate prajāpatiḥ | gṛhṇītāṃ tāvattadudaśarāvadṛṣṭāntenāpaneṣyāmīti ca | nanu na yuktameṣa u evetyanṛtaṃ vaktum | na cānṛtamuktam | katham | ātmanokto ’kṣipuruṣo manasi saṃnihitataraḥ śiṣyagṛhītācchāyātmanaḥ sarveṣāṃ cābhyantaraḥ"sarvāntaraḥ"iti śruteḥ | tamevāvocadeṣa u evetyato nānṛtamuktaṃ prajāpatinā | tathā ca tayorviparītagrahaṇanivṛttyarthaṃ hyāha || 4 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi aṣṭamādhyāyasya saptamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ