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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.1

Chāndogyopaniṣad 3.1

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Sanskrit

3.1.1

asau vā ādityo devamadhu \
tasya dyaur eva tiraścīnavaṃśaḥ \
antarikṣam apūpaḥ \
marīcayaḥ putrāḥ \\301.1\

1. Verily, yonder sun is the honey of the gods. The cross-beam for it is the sky. The honeycomb is the atmosphere. The brood are the particles of light.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

3.1.2

tasya ye prāñco raśmayas tā evāsya prācyo madhunāḍyaḥ \
ṛca eva madhukṛtaḥ \
ṛgveda eva puṣpam \
tā amṛtā āpaḥ \
tā vā etā ṛcaḥ \\301.2\

2. The eastern rays of that sun are its eastern honey-cells. The bees are the Rig verses. The flower is the Rig-Veda. The drops of nectar fluid [arose as follows].

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

3.1.3

etam ṛgvedam abhyatapan \
tasyābhitaptasya yaśas teja indriyaṃ vīryam annādyaṃ raso 'jāyata \\301.3\

Verily, these Rig verses brooded upon that Rig-Veda; from it, when it had been brooded upon, there was produced as its essence splendor, brightness, power, vigor, and food.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

3.1.4

tad vyakṣarat \
tad ādityam abhito 'śrayat \
tad vā etad yad etad ādityasya rohitaṃ rūpam \\301.4\

4. It flowed forth. It repaired to the sun. Verily, that is what that red appearance of the sun is.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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