Chhandogya Upanishad: Verse 1.1.10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तेनोभौ कुरुतो यश्चैतदेवं वेद यश्च न वेद। नाना तु विद्या चाविद्या च यदेव विद्यया करोति श्रद्धयोपनिषदा तदेव वीर्यवत्तरं भवतीति खल्वेतस्यैवाक्षरस्योपव्याख्यानं भवति ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तेन उभौ कुरुतः यः च एतत् एवं वेद यः च न वेद। नाना तु विद्या च अविद्या च यत् एव विद्यया करोति श्रद्धया उपनिषदा तत् एव वीर्यवत्तरं भवति इति खलु एतस्य एव अक्षरस्य उपव्याख्यानं भवति ॥

Recitation with translationChhandogya Upanishad 1.1.10

IAST Transliteration

tenobhau kuruto yaścaitadevaṃ veda yaśca na veda | nānā tu vidyā cāvidyā ca yadeva vidyayā karoti śraddhayopaniṣadā tadeva vīryavattaraṃ bhavatīti khalvetasyaivākṣarasyopavyākhyānaṃ bhavati ||

Translation

दोनों लोग पूजा करते हैं, जो जानता है और जो नहीं जानता। फरक यह है कि जो जान के करता है, उसका काम ज़्यादा पावरफुल होता है। श्रद्धा और ज्ञान से जो करता है, वो असली में काम करता है।

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Academic Translation

Therefore, both perform [the ritual], the one who knows this thus and the one who does not know. However, knowledge and ignorance are different. Whatever one performs with knowledge, faith, and Upanishadic insight, that alone becomes more potent. Thus indeed is the exposition of this syllable (Om).

Verse Context

• Vidyā (Spiritual Knowledge) and its transformative power in ritual and spiritual practice
• Mahavakya: Indirectly related to Prajñānaṃ Brahma (Consciousness is Brahman) - emphasizing that knowledge of Brahman transforms all actions
• Sama Veda
• Kauthuma Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (Gadya)