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Chandogya Upanishad 6.3

श्वेतकेतो यन्नु सोम्येदं महामना अनूचानमानी स्तब्धोऽस्युत तमादेशमप्राक्ष्यः येनाश्रुतँ श्रुतं भवत्यमतं मतमविज्ञातं विज्ञातमिति कथं नु भगवः स आदेशो भवतीति ॥ ३ ॥

6.1.3 — shvetaketo yannu somyedam mahamana anuchanamani stabdho'syuta tamadeshamaprakshyah yenashrutan shrutam bhavatyamatam matamavijnatam vijnatamiti katham nu bhagavah sa aadesho bhavatiti || 3 ||

His father said to him: 'Svetaketu, as you are so conceited, considering yourself so well-read, and so stern, my dear, have you ever asked for that instruction by which we hear what cannot be heard, by which we perceive what cannot be perceived, by which we know what cannot be known?'

'हे श्वेतकेतो, तू जो इस प्रकार बड़े अहंकार से स्वयं को अनूचान (अध्ययन-सम्पन्न) मानता है और कठोर हो गया है, तो क्या तूने उस आदेश (उपदेश) की भी पृच्छा की है — जिसके द्वारा अश्रुत श्रुत हो जाता है, अमत मत हो जाता है, अविज्ञात विज्ञात हो जाता है? हे भगवान्, वह आदेश कैसा होता है?'