Upanishads (Müller) — VII, 7

The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01): Khândogya Upanishad... | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com *The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)*, by Max Müller, [1879], at sacred-texts.com ### SEVENTH KHA*N**D*A. 1. 'Understanding (vi*g*ñâna) is better than reflection. Through understanding we understand the Rig-veda, the Ya*g*ur-veda, the Sâma-veda, and as the fourth the Âtharvana, as the fifth the Itihâsa-purâ*n*a 1, the Veda of the Vedas, the Pitrya, the Râ*s*i, the Daiva, the Nidhi, the Vâkovâkya, the Ekâyana, the Deva-vidyâ, the Brahma-vidyâ, the Bhûta-vidyâ, the Kshatra-vidyâ, the Nakshatra-vidyâ, the Sarpa and Deva*g*ana-vidyâ, heaven, earth, air, ether, water, fire, gods, men, cattle, birds, herbs, trees, all beasts down to worms, midges, and ants; what is right and what is wrong; what is true and what is false; what is good and what is bad; what is pleasing and what is not pleasing; food and savour, this world and that, all this we understand through understanding. Meditate on understanding. 2. 'He who meditates on understanding as Brahman, reaches the worlds where there is understanding and knowledge 1; he is, as it were, lord and master as far as understanding reaches--he who meditates on understanding as Brahman.' 'Sir, is there something better than understanding?' 'Yes, there is something better than understanding.' 'Sir, tell it me.' ### Footnotes 115:1 See before, p. 109. 116:1 The commentator takes vi*g*ñâna here as understanding of sacred books, *g*ñâna as cleverness with regard to other subjects. Next: VII, 8