Khandogya Upanishad. Iv, 4
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"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
Fourth Kha\"N"D"A 1.
1. Satyakma, the son of "G"abl, addressed his mother and said: 'I wish to become a Brahma"k"rin (religious student), mother. Of what family am I?'
2. She said to him: 'I do not know, my child, of what family thou art. In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant (waiting on the guests in my father's house), I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am "G"abl by name, thou art Satyakma (Philalethes). Say that thou art Satyakma "G"bl.'
3. He going to Gautama Hridrumata said to him, 'I wish to become a Brahma"k"rin with you, Sir. May I come to you, Sir?'
4. He said to him: 'Of what family are you, my friend?' He replied: 'I do not know, Sir, of what family I am. I asked my mother, and she answered: "In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant, I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am "G"abl by name, thou art Satyakma," I am therefore Satyakma "G"bl, Sir.'
5. He said to him: 'No one but a true Brhma"n"a would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth.'
Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these, friend.'
p. 61
He drove them out and said to himself, 'I shall not return unless I bring back a thousand.' He dwelt a number of years (in the forest), and when the cows had become a thousand,
Footnotes
60:1 This carries on the explanation of the four feet of Brahman, as first mentioned in III, 18, x. Each foot or quarter of Brahman is represented as fourfold, and the knowledge of these sixteen parts is called the Sho"d"a"s"akalvidy.
"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
Fourth Kha\"N"D"A 1.
1. Satyakma, the son of "G"abl, addressed his mother and said: 'I wish to become a Brahma"k"rin (religious student), mother. Of what family am I?'
2. She said to him: 'I do not know, my child, of what family thou art. In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant (waiting on the guests in my father's house), I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am "G"abl by name, thou art Satyakma (Philalethes). Say that thou art Satyakma "G"bl.'
3. He going to Gautama Hridrumata said to him, 'I wish to become a Brahma"k"rin with you, Sir. May I come to you, Sir?'
4. He said to him: 'Of what family are you, my friend?' He replied: 'I do not know, Sir, of what family I am. I asked my mother, and she answered: "In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant, I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am "G"abl by name, thou art Satyakma," I am therefore Satyakma "G"bl, Sir.'
5. He said to him: 'No one but a true Brhma"n"a would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth.'
Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these, friend.'
p. 61
He drove them out and said to himself, 'I shall not return unless I bring back a thousand.' He dwelt a number of years (in the forest), and when the cows had become a thousand,
Footnotes
60:1 This carries on the explanation of the four feet of Brahman, as first mentioned in III, 18, x. Each foot or quarter of Brahman is represented as fourfold, and the knowledge of these sixteen parts is called the Sho"d"a"s"akalvidy.
