Episode 91: Chandogya Upanishad Chapter 7

Ayurveda & Spirituality with Alakananda Ma · Mar 5, 2026

True, I have learnt much, but I know only the word meaning. I do not know the Self. Sir, I have heard from great persons like you that only those who know the Self are able to overcome sorrow. I am suffering from sorrow. Please take me across the ocean of sorrow.’ Sanatkumāra then said to Nārada, ‘Everything you have learnt so far is just words’.

Chandogya Upanishad

Narada Muni was the Renaissance Man of his age. He knew all that was to be known. Yet he is well aware that all his knowledge is nothing but words. What happens when he comes, in all innocence, to the great sage Sanatkumāra?

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