Section 4.6 (sixth khaṇḍa) (four texts)

Upaniṣad text:

‘Agni will declare to thee the other foot’:—On the morrow, he made the cows start. When they came together towards evening, he, having kindled the fire, penned the cows and laid the fuel, sat down behind the fire, facing the East.—(1)

Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):

‘Agni will declare to thee the other foot’,— having said this, the Bull kept quiet.—He Satyakāma on the morrow,—the next day—having performed his obligatory daily duties—made the cows start, towards the Teacher’s House; the cows moving slowly towards the Teacher’s House,—when and where they came together in the evening,—sat together at night,—Satyakāma kindled the fire, penned the cows, laid the fuel on the fire, sat down behind the fire, facing the East,—pondering over what the Bull had told him.—(1)

Upaniṣad text:

The Fire said to him.—‘Satyakāma’—He answered—‘Yes, Sir’.—(2)

Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):

The Fire said to him—addressing him—‘Satyakāma’.—To him, Satyakāma answered,—gave the response—‘Yes, Sir’.—(2)

Upaniṣad text:

‘I would declare to thee, my Boy, the foot of Brahman—‘Do tell it to me, revered Sir;’—He said—‘The Earth is one factor, the Sky is one factor, the Heaven is one factor, the Ocean is one factor, my Boy; this is the Brahman’s four-factored foot, named the Endless’.—(3)

Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):

‘I would declare to thee the foot of Brahman—‘Do tell it to me, revered Sir’,—He said—the Earth is one factor; the Sky is one factor; the Heaven is one factor; the Ocean is one factor;—thus did Agni declare to him the philosophy relating to itself—‘This, my Boy, is the four-factored Brahman’s foot, named the Endless’.—(3)

Upaniṣad text:

He who knowing this thus, meditates upon this four-factored Foot of Brahman as the Endless, becomes endless in this world. And he wins endless regions, who knowing this thus, meditates upon this four-factored foot of Brahman as the Endless, becomes endless in this world. And he wins endless regions, who knowing this thus meditates upon this four-factored foot of Brahman as the Endless.—(4)

Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):

If any one meditates upon the above-described foot of Brahman as endowed with the quality of endlessness, he becomes endowed with the same quality while in this world, and, after death, he wins endless regions,—who knowing etc., etc.,—as before—(4)

End of Section (6) of Discourse IV