Chandogya Upanishad is one of the oldest Upanishads written on the Vedic Brahmana period about ninth to eighth century BC. Chandogya Upanishad is associated with Sama Veda. It is the part of Chandogya Brahaman that contains eight chapters. The 11th Khanda of Chapter Six of Chandogya Upanishad deals with the indestructibility of the Jiva. Uddalaka, the son of Aruna instructed his son Svetaketu, the grandson of Aruna about the Jiva. He said that if one was to strike at the root of the wide spreading tree it would bleed but would be alive. It one strikes at the middle it would still breed but would remain alive. Again if it is hit at the top it would bleed but be alive. Pervaded by life it would continue to stand firm, taking in nourishment and rejoicing again and again. However, if life forsakes the first branch, it would wither, if it forsakes the second branch, it would wither, if it forsakes the third branch it would also dry up. If life forsakes the whole tree, the complete tree dries up. In the same way when the body is forsaken by life it dies, but the life dies not. That particle which is the soul of this body is Truth; it is the Universal Soul, the ultimate truth.
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