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Satyakāma Jābāla — dialogue map

Chāndogya 4.4: the boy speaks his mother’s truth and is received for teaching.

Upanishadic dialogue

Chāndogya 4.4: the boy speaks his mother’s truth and is received for teaching.
Chāndogya 4.4: the boy speaks his mother’s truth and is received for teaching.
  1. 1 The boy asks his gotra
    Chāndogya 4.4 opens with Satyakāma asking his mother his lineage.
    Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4
  2. 2 Jābāla’s truth
    The mother speaks what she knows of his birth.
    Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4
  3. 3 Received as student
    Gautama receives him because he spoke truth.
    Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4
  4. 4 Worthy student
    The dialogue keeps truth-speaking as the door of teaching.
    Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4

Sources and traditions

  • Chāndogya Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Documents — Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4 (Sanskrit Documents numbering) · Public-domain Devanagari recension as posted 2026 · Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org) by named volunteer proofreaders. Foundation diagrams: original SVG, CC BY-SA 4.0. · 2026-09-20
  • Upanishads overview, Vedic Heritage Portal — Portal essay on Upanishads as jñāna-kāṇḍa · Vedic Heritage Portal public page, accessed 2026-09-20 · Institutional public catalogue; Meenananda cites locator without copying protected images. · 2026-09-20

Claims on this page

  • Satyakāma speaks the truth of his mother Jābāla and is received as a student. — Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4