Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15

3.15.1

antarikṣodaraḥ kośo bhūmibudhno na jīryati \
diśo hy asya sraktayo dyaur asyottaraṃ bilam \
sa eṣa kośo vasudhānas tasmin viśvam idaṃ śritam \\315.1\

1. The chest whose space is atmosphere,
With earth for bottom, ne’er decays.
Its corners are the poles of heaven.
Its upper opening is the sky.
This chest is one containing wealth.
Within it everything here rests.

3.15.2

tasya prācī dig juhūr nāma \
sahamānā nāma dakṣiṇā \
rājñī nāma pratīcī \
subhūtā nāmodīcī \
tāsāṃ vāyur vatsaḥ \
sa ya etam evaṃ vāyuṃ diśāṃ vatsaṃ veda na putrarodaṃ roditi \
so 'ham etam evaṃ vāyuṃ diśāṃ vatsaṃ veda \
mā putrarodaṃ rudam \\315.2\

2. Its eastern quarter is named Sacrificial Ladle (_juhū_). Its southern quarter is named Over-powering. Its western quarter is named Queen (_rājñī_). Its northern quarter is named Wealthy. The wind is the child of these quarters of heaven. He who knows this wind thus as the child of the quarters of heaven mourns not for a son.

‘I here know this wind thus as the child of the quarters of heaven. Let me not mourn for a son.’

3.15.3

ariṣṭaṃ kośaṃ prapadye amunā amunā amunā \
Prāṇaṃ prapadye amunā amunā amunā \
bhūḥ prapadye amunā amunā amunā \
bhuvaḥ prapadye amunā amunā amunā \
svaḥ prapadye amunā amunā amunā \\315.3\

3. ‘I take refuge in the imperishable chest with this one, with this one, with this one.’

‘I take refuge in breath (*prāṇa*) with this one, with this one, with this one.’

‘I take refuge in *bhūr* with this one, with this one, with this one.’

‘I take refuge in *bhuvas* with this one, with this one, with this one.’

‘I take refuge in *svar* with this one, with this one, with this one.’

3.15.4

sa yad avocaṃ prāṇaṃ prapadya iti \
prāno vā idaṃ sarvaṃ bhūtaṃ yad idaṃ kiṃca \
tam eva tat prāpatsi \\315.4\

4. When I said, ‘I take refuge in breath’—breath, verily, is everything here that has come to be, whatsoever there is. So it was in this I took refuge.

3.15.5

atha yad avocaṃ bhūḥ prapadya iti pṛthivīṃ prapadye antarikṣaṃ prapadye divaṃ prapadya ity eva tad avocam \\315.5\

5. So when I said, ‘I take refuge in *bhūr*,’ what I said was: ‘I take refuge in earth; I take refuge in atmosphere; I take refuge in sky.’

3.15.6

atha yad avocaṃ bhuvaḥ prapadya ity agniṃ prapadye vāyuṃ prapadya ādityaṃ prapadya ity eva tad avocam \\315.6\

6. So when I said, ‘I take refuge in *bhuvas*,’ what I said was: ‘I take refuge in Agni (Fire); I take refuge in Vāyu (Wind); I take refuge in Āditya (Sun).’

3.15.7

atha yad avocaṃ svaḥ prapadya ity ṛgvedaṃ prapadye yajurvedaṃ prapadye sāmavedaṃ prapadya ity eva tad avocam \\315.7\

7. So when I said, ‘I take refuge in *svar*,’ what I said was: ‘I take refuge in the Rig-Veda; I take refuge in the Yajur-Veda; I take refuge in the Sāma-Veda.’ That was what I said.