Traditional attribution
The teaching of the universal ātman (vaiśvānara-vidyā), before Aśvapati Kaikeya
वैश्वानरविद्या (Chāndogya 5.11–24)
Five great householders come to Uddālaka to learn what the ātman is and what brahman is; he doubts he can answer them and takes them to King Aśvapati, who asks each what he venerates as the ātman. Uddālaka answers: the earth. The king explains that each knows only one part — heaven, the sun, the wind, space, water, earth — of the universal ātman, and that whoever knows it whole "eats food in all worlds".
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Authorship note
A teaching of King Aśvapati Kaikeya to six brahmins, among them Uddālaka Āruṇi. As in the previous case, Uddālaka is a recipient, not an author.
Editions and translations
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English
The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation
Oxford University Press, 1998
Translation: Patrick Olivelle
ISBN 9780195124354
Other works by Uddalaka Aruni
- The teaching to Śvetaketu (Chāndogya Upaniṣad, book VI) · 650
- Chāndogya Upaniṣad (passages of Uddālaka Āruṇi) · 650
- The question of the thread and the inner controller (Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3.7) · 650
- The doctrine of the five fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), received from Pravāhaṇa Jaivali · 650
- Uddālaka's debates in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa · 700
- Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad, chapter 1: Āruṇi and Citra Gāṅgyāyani · 500
- Āruṇi Upaniṣad (Āruṇeyī Upaniṣad)
- Āruṇi-śruti (lost text)
Sources
- Olivelle, Patrick (ed. y trad.). The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation. Nueva York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Chāndogya 5.3–5.24 y 6; Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3.7, 6.2, 6.3.7 y 6.5; Kauṣītaki 1.1.
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