हिन्दी
Uddālaka said - ‘Put this lump of salt into water and come to me in the morning.’ Śvetaketu did as he was told. Uddālaka said to him - ‘My son, bring me the salt that you put in the water.’ Śvetaketu looked, but he could not find it, as the salt had dissolved in the water.
Uddālaka said - ‘My son, drink the water at the surface.’ Śvetaketu did that, and Uddālaka asked - ‘How does it taste?’ Śvetaketu replied - ‘It is saline.’ Uddālaka then said - ‘Drink it from the middle. How does it taste?’ ‘It is saline.’ ‘Drink it from the bottom. How does it taste?’ ‘It is saline.’ ‘Throw the water away and then come to me.’ Śvetaketu did so. The father said to him:
‘That which is the subtlest of all is the Self of all this. It is the Truth. It is the Self. That you are, O Śvetaketu.’ Śvetaketu then said - ‘Sir, please explain this to me again.’ ‘Yes, Somya, I will explain it again,’ replied his father.
