Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2

5.2.1

sa hovāca kiṃ me annaṃ bhaviṣyatīti \
yat kiṃcid idam ā śvabhya ā śakunibhya iti hocuḥ \
tad vā etad anasyānnam \
ano ha vai (S ) nāma pratyakṣam \
na ha vā evaṃvidi kiṃcanānannaṃ (S ) \\502.1\

1. It said: ‘What will be my food?’

‘Whatever there is here, even to dogs and birds,’ they said.

So this, verily, is the food (anna) of breath (ana). Verily, breath is its evident name. Verily, in the case of one who knows this, there is nothing whatever that is not food.

5.2.2

sa hovāca kiṃ me vāso bhaviṣyatīti \
āpa iti hocuḥ \
tasmād vā etad aśiṣyantaḥ purastāc copariṣṭāc cādbhiḥ paridadhati \
lambhuko ha vāso bhavati \
anagno ha bhavati \\502.2\

2. It said: ‘What will be my garment?’

‘Water,’ they said.

Therefore, verily, when people are about to eat, they enswathe it [i.e. the breath] with water both before and after. It is accustomed to receive a garment; it becomes not naked.

5.2.3

tad dhaitat satyakāmo jābālo gośrutaye vaiyāghrapadyāyoktvovāca \
yady apy enac chuṣkāya sthāṇave brūyāj jāyerann evāsmiñ chākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti \\502.3\

3. When Satyakāma Jābāla told this to Gośruti Vaiyāgrapadya, he also said: ‘Even if one should tell this to a dried-up stump, branches would be produced on it and leaves would spring forth.’

5.2.4

atha yadi mahaj jigamiṣet , amāvāsyāyām dīkṣitvā paurṇamāsyāṃ rātrau sarvauṣadhasya mantham dadhimadhunor upamathya jyeṣṭhāya śreṣṭhāya svāhety agnāv ājyasya hutvā manthe saṃpātam avanayet \\502.4\

4. Now, if one should wish to come to something great, let him on the night of a new moon perform the Preparatory Consecration Ceremony (Dīkshā), and on the night of the full moon mix a mixed potion of all sorts of herbs with sour milk and honey.

‘Hail to the chiefest and best!’—with these words he should offer a libation of melted butter in the fire and pour the residue into the potion.

5.2.5

(S ) svāhety agnāv ājyasya hutvā manthe saṃpātam avanayet \
pratiṣṭhāyai svāhety agnāv ājyasya hutvā manthe saṃpātam avanayet \
saṃpade svāhety agnāv ājyasya hutvā manthe saṃpātam avanayet \
āyatanāya svāhety agnāv ājyasya hutvā manthe saṃpātam avanayet \\502.5\

5. ‘Hail to the most excellent!’—with these words he should offer a libation of melted butter in the fire and pour the residue into the potion.

‘Hail to the firm basis!’—with these words he should offer a libation of melted butter in the fire and pour the residue into the potion.

‘Hail to the abode!’—with these words he should offer a libation of melted butter in the fire and pour the residue into the potion.

5.2.6

atha pratisṛpyāñjalau mantham ādhāya japati \
amo nāmāsi \
amā hi te sarvam idam \
sa hi jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭho rājādhipatiḥ \
sa mā jyaiṣṭhyaṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ rājyam ādhipatyaṃ gamayatu \
aham evedaṃ sarvam asānīti \\502.6\

6. Then, creeping back [from the fire], and taking the potion in his hollowed hands, he mutters: ‘Thou art He (ama) by name, for this whole world is at home (amā) in thee, for thou art pre-eminent and supreme (śreṣṭha), king and overlord. Let him bring me to pre-eminence and supremacy (śraiṣṭhya), kingship and overlordship! Let me be all this!’

5.2.7

atha khalv etayarcā paccha ācāmati \
tat savitur vṛṇīmaha ity ācāmati \
vayaṃ devasya bhojanam ity ācāmati \
śreṣṭhaṃ sarvadhātamam ity ācāmati \
turaṃ bhagasya dhīmahīti sarvaṃ pibati \
nirṇijya kaṃsaṃ camasaṃ vā paścād agneḥ saṃviśati \
carmaṇi vā sthaṇḍile vā vācaṃyamo '(S ) \
sa yadi striyaṃ paśyet samṛddhaṃ karmeti vidyāt \\502.7\

7. Verily then with this Rig verse he takes a sip at each hemistich:—

‘The food which is god Savitṛi’s,’

—here he takes a sip—

'That for ourselves do we prefer,' —here he takes a sip— 'The best, the all-refreshing food;' —here he takes a sip— 'The Giver's strength may we attain!' —here he takes a sip.

8. After having cleansed the drinking-vessel or goblet, he lies down to the west of the fire either on a skin or on the bare ground with voice restrained and self-possessed. If he should see a woman, he may know that the rite is successful.

5.2.8

tad eṣa ślokaḥ \
yadā karmasu kāmyeṣu \striyaṃ svapneṣu paśyati \
samṛddhiṃ tatra jānīyāt \tasmin svapnanidarśane \(S ) tasmin svapnanidarśane (S ) \\502.8\

9. As to this there is the following verse:— If during rites done for a wish One sees a woman in his dream, Success he there may recognize In this appearance of his dream —In this appearance of his dream.