7th Khanda of Chapter Four

Chandogya Upanishad, one of the oldest Upanishad has been written during the Vedic Brahmana period. Chandogya Upanishad is associated with Sama Veda. Chandogya Upanishad is the part of Chandogya Brahaman that contains ten chapters. The 7th Khanda of Chapter Four of Chandogya Upanishad states about the instruction by the Swan. Agni told Satyakama that a hamsa (swan) will declare to him another foot of the Brahman. On the morrow the cowherd turned towards his tutor with the cattle. When night arrived he lighted a fire, folded the cattle, placed fuel on the fire, and sat behind it facing the east. The Swan then told him that he would tell him about one foot of Brahman. He told him that the Fire is one quarter, the sun is one quarter, the moon is one quarter and lightning is one quarter. This is one foot of Brahman consisting of four quarters and this foot is called Jyotishmat (luminous). One who is aware of this and realises it as well as meditates upon one foot of the Brahma consisting of four quarters as luminous, becomes luminous on this earth. He becomes the conqueror of the luminous worlds.

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