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Chandogya Upanisad
Chapter Four
7. "Then Saunaka Kapeya, in reply, went over to him, saying:
'Self of the gods, begetter of creatures,
With golden tusks, devourer, no fool is he!
They say his might is great.
Uneaten, he eats what is not food.
"Brahmacarin, it is he that we are not worshipping. - Give him alms!"
8. 'And they gave him some.
'There are five in the one group and five in the other group, ten in all. That is the krta throws. Therefore the ten in all the directions-the krta-are food. It is also Viraj, the eater of food-she who sees all this. All that is seen is his, and he becomes an eater of food-the one who knows this: the one who knows this.'
IV.4
1. Satyakama Jabala asked his mother Jabala: 'Mother, I want to live the life of a brahmacarin. What lineage do I belong to?'
2. She said to him, 'Darling, I do not know what lineage you belong to. I got you in my youth, when I traveled about a great deal as a servant, so I do not know what lineage you belong to. But I am called Jabala and you are called Satyakama. You can say you are Satyakama Jabala.
3. He went to Haridrumata Gautama and said: 'Blessed one, I will live the life of a brahmacarin with you. Blessed one, I would come to you as my teacher.'
4. He said, 'Good lad, what lineage to do you belong to?'
He said, 'Sir, I do not know what lineage I belong to. I asked my mother, and she answered me, "I got you in my youth, when I traveled about a great deal as a servant, so I do not know what lineage you belong to. But I am called Jabala and you are called Satyakama. You can say you are Satyakama Jabala." Sir, I am Satyakama Jabala.'
5. Haridrumata said to him, 'No-one who was not a Brahmana could have explained it so. Good lad, bring firewood: I shall initiate you. You have not departed from the truth.' After he had initiated him, he separated out four hundred of his thin and feeble cows and said, 'Good lad, follow these!'
As he drove them off, Satyakama said, 'I will not come back without a thousand.' He lived away for a number of years. When they had become a thousand.
IV.5
1. The bull called him: 'Satyakama!'
'Blessed one?'' he replied.
'Good lad, we have reached a thousand. Drive us to the teacher's house.
2. 'And I must tell you about a foot of brahman'
'Tell me, blessed one.'
He told him, 'The eastern direction is a fraction; the western direction is a fraction; the southern direction is a fraction; the northern direction is a fraction. This, good lad, is a foot of brahman, in four fractions, called "Shining".
3. 'The one who, knowing this, contemplates a foot of brahman, in four fractions, as "Shining" becomes shining in this world and wins shining worlds-the one who, knowing this, contemplates a foot of brahman, in four fractions, as "Shining".
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