Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24

2.24.1

brahmavādino vadanti \
yad vasūnāṃ prātaḥsavanam \
rudrāṇāṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam \
ādityānāṃ ca viśveṣāṃ ca devānāṃ tṛtīyasavanam \\224.1\

1. The expounders of sacred knowledge (brahmavādin) say: 'Since to the Vasus belongs the morning Soma-libation, to the Rudras the mid-day Soma-libation, to the Ādityas and the Viśvadevas the third Soma-libation, where, then (tarhi), is the sacrificer's world?'

2.24.2

kva tarhi yajamānasya loka iti \
sa yas taṃ na vidyāt kathaṃ kuryāt \
atha vidvān kuryāt \\224.2\

If one knows not, how can he perform [the sacrifice with success]? So let him who knows perform.

2.24.3

purā prātaranuvākasyopākaraṇāj jaghanena gārhapatyasyodāṅmukha upaviśya sa vāsavaṃ sāmābhigāyati \\224.3\

3. Before the commencement of the morning litany he sits down behind the Gārhapatya fire, facing the north, and sings forth the Sāman to the Vasus:—

2.24.4

lokadvāram apāvṛṇu \
paśyema tvā vayaṃ rājyāya iti \\224.4\

4. 'Open the door to thy world,
And let us see thee,
For the obtaining of
The sovereignty!'

2.24.5

atha juhoti \
namo 'gnaye pṛthivīkṣite lokakṣite \
lokaṃ me yajamānāya vinda \
eṣa vai yajamānasya lokaḥ \
etā asmi \\224.5\

5. So he offers the oblation and says: 'Adoration to Agni, earth-inhabiting, world-inhabiting! Find a world for me, the sacrificer! Verily, that is the sacrificer's world! I will go thither, I, the sacrificer, after life. Hail! Thrust back the bar!' Thus having spoken, he rises. At the same time the Vasus bestow upon him the morning Soma-libation.

2.24.6

atra yajamānaḥ parastād āyuṣaḥ svāhā \
apajahi parigham ity uktvottiṣṭhati \
tasmai vasavaḥ prātaḥsavanaṃ saṃprayacchanti \\224.6\

2.24.7

purā mādhyandinasya savanasyopākaraṇāj jaghanenāgnīdhrīyasyodaṅmukha upaviśya sa raudraṃ sāmābhigāyati \\224.7\

7. Before the commencement of the mid-day Soma-libation he sits down behind the Āgnīdhrīya fire, facing the north, and sings forth the Sāman to the Rudras:—

2.24.8

lokadvāram apāvārṇū \
paśyema tvā vayaṃ vairājyāya iti \\224.8\

8. 'Open the door to thy world,
And let us see thee,
For the obtaining of
Wide sovereignty!'

2.24.9

atha juhoti \
nāmo vāyave antarikṣakṣite lokakṣite \
lokaṃ me yajamānāya vinda \
eṣa vai yajamānasya lokaḥ \
etāsmi \\224.9\

9. So he offers the libation and says: 'Adoration to Vāyu, atmosphere-inhabiting, world-inhabiting! Find a world for me, the sacrificer! Verily, that is the sacrificer's world! I will go thither, I, the sacrificer, after life. Hail! Thrust back the bar!' Thus having spoken, he rises. At the same time the Rudras bestow upon him the mid-day Soma-libation.

2.24.10

atra yajamānaḥ parastād āyuṣaḥ svāhā \
apajahi parigham ity uktvottiṣṭhati \
tasmai rudrā mādhyandinaṃ savanaṃ saṃprayacchanti \\224.10\

2.24.11

purā tṛtīyasavanasyopākaraṇāj jaghanenāhavanīyasyodaṅmukha upaviśya sa ādityaṃ sa vaiśvadevaṃ sāmābhigāyati \\224.11\

11. Before the commencement of the third Soma-libation he sits down behind the Āhavanīya fire, facing the north, and sings forth the Sāman to the Ādityas and the Viśvadevas:—

2.24.12

lokadvāram apāvṛṇu \
paśyema tvā vayaṃ svārājyāya \\224.12\

12. 'Open the door to thy world,
And let us see thee,
For the obtaining of
Chief sovereignty!'

2.24.13

atha vaiśvadevam \
lokadvāram apāvṛṇu \
paśyema tvā vayaṃ sāmrājyāya iti \\224.13\

13. Thus the [Sāman] to the Ādityas. Now the [Sāman] to the Viśvadevas:—

'Open the door to thy world,
And let us see thee,
For the obtaining of
Full sovereignty!'

2.24.14

atha juhoti \
nama ādityebhyaś ca viśvebhyaś ca devebhyo divikṣidbhyo lokakṣidbhyaḥ \
lokaṃ me yajamānāya vindata \\224.14\

14. So he offers the oblation and says: 'Adoration to the Ādityas and to the Viśvadevas, sky-inhabiting, world-inhabiting! Find a world for me, the sacrificer! Verily, that is the sacrificer's world! I will go thither, I, the sacrificer, after life. Hail! Thrust back the bar!' Thus having spoken, he rises. At the same time the Ādityas and the Viśvadevas bestow upon him the third Soma-libation. Verily, he knows the fulness of the sacrifice who knows this—yea, who knows this!

2.24.15

eṣa vai yajamānasya lokaḥ \
etāsmy atra yajamānaḥ parastād āyuṣaḥ svāhā \
apahata parigham ity uktvottiṣṭhati \\224.15\

2.24.16

tasmaai ādityāś ca viśve ca devās tṛtīyasavanaṃ saṃprayacchanti \
eṣa ha vai yajñasya mātrāṃ veda ya evaṃ veda ya evaṃ veda \\224.16\