Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.5
Chāndogyopaniṣad 3.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.5.1
atha ye asyordhvā raśmayas tā evāsyordhvā madhunāḍyaḥ \
guhyā evādeśā madhukṛtaḥ \
brahmaiva puṣpaṃ \
tā amṛtā āpaḥ \\305.1\
1. So its upward rays are its upper honey-cells. The bees are the Hidden Teachings [i.e. the Upanishads]. The flower is Brahma. The drops of nectar fluid [arose as follows].
3.5.2
te vā ete guhyā ādeśā etad brahma abhyatapan \
tasyābhitaptasya yaśas teja indriyaṃ vīryam annādyaṃ raso 'jāyata \\305.2\
2. Verily, those Hidden Teachings brooded upon that Brahma; from it, when it had been brooded upon, there was produced as its essence splendor, brightness, power, vigor, and food.
3.5.3
tad vyakṣarat \
tad ādityam abhito 'śrayat \
tad vā etad yad etad ādityasya madhye kṣobhata iva \\305.3\
3. It flowed forth. It repaired to the sun. Verily, that is what seems to tremble in the middle of the sun.
3.5.4
te vā ete rasānāṃ rasāḥ \
vedā hi rasāḥ \
teṣām ete rasāḥ \
tāni vā etāny amṛtānām amṛtāni \
vedā hy amṛtāḥ \
teṣām etāny amṛtāni \\305.4\
4. Verily, these are the essences of the essences, for the Vedas are essences and these are their essences. Verily, these are the nectars of the nectars, for the Vedas are nectars and these are their nectars.
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (7)
- Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Chāndogyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English