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 9th Khanda of Chapter Eight of Chandogya Upanishad states that the shadow self is perishable. Lord Indra and Virochana approached Prajapati to seek knowledge about the real Self knowing which one can achieve all the three worlds. Prajapati told them about the real Self and Virochana went away without even realising it. Lord Indra however, returned back to Prajapati. On his way back to the gods he thought that the reflection in the water looks beautiful when the body is well adorned and dresses beautifully. It looks clean when the body is clean. He thus, thought that the water will be blind if the body is blind, it would be one eyed when the body is one eyed, it would be crippled if the body is crippled and will also perish when the body perishes. He could not agree with the doctrine hence he returned back to Prajapati and related his thoughts to him. Prajapati asked him to stay with him for more thirty two years and he would then provide him with his answers.
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