The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Bhashya

Bhashya

तस्य एव सवत सुवर्णवर्णस्याप्यक्ष्णोर्विशेषः ।कथम् ? तस्य यथा कपेः मर्कटस्य आस कप्यासम्, आसेरुपवेशनार्थस्य करण घञ्, कपिपृष्ठान्त येनोपविशति, कप्यास इव पुण्डरीकम् अत्यन्ततेजस्वि एवम् द्वस्य अक्षिणी, उपमितोपमानत्वात् न हीनोपमा ।तस्य एवगुणविशिष्टस्य गौणमिद् नाम उदिति, कथ गौणत्वम् ? स एष देव सर्वेभ्य पाप्मभ्य पाप्मना सह तत्कार्येभ्य इत्यर्थः, 'य आत्मापहतपाप्मा' इत्यादि वक्ष्यति, उदित उत् इत, उद्गत इत्यथः ।अत असौ उन्नामा ।तम् एवगुणसपन्नमुन्नामान यथोक्तन प्रकारेण यो वेद सोऽप्येवमेव उदेति उद्गच्छति सर्वेभ्य पाप्मभ्य — ह वै इत्यवधारणार्थौ निपातौ — उदेत्येवेत्यर्थः ॥

In plain words

How are the eyes of that golden-hued being distinguished? Just as the seat of a monkey—called 'kapyāsa'—is a radiant lotus, so are his eyes. This name 'Udit' is given to him secondarily because he has risen above all evil and its effects. Whoever knows this divine being in the prescribed manner rises verily and truly above all evil.

Close to the Sanskrit

Of that golden-colored one also, the particularity of the eyes. How? Of him, just as kapeḥ (of a monkey), of the macaque, is the seat: kapyāsam... This secondary name 'Udit' belongs to him who is endowed with such qualities because he has risen above all sins together with their effects... He who knows that endowed-with-qualities named one in the stated manner rises indeed above all sins.