Section 6.3
Original Sanskrit
6.3.1 तेषां खल्वेषां भूतानां त्रीण्येव बीजानि भवन्त्याण्डजं जीवजमुद्भिज्जमिति ॥ १ ॥
6.3.2 सेयं देवतैक्षत हन्ताहमिमास्तिस्रो देवता अनेन जीवेनात्मनानुप्रविश्य नामरूपे व्याकरवाणीति ॥ २ ॥
6.3.3 तासां त्रिवृतं त्रिवृतमेकैकां करवाणीति सेयं देवतेमास्तिस्रो देवता अनेनैव जीवेनात्मनानुप्रविश्य नामरूपे व्याकरोत् ॥ ३ ॥
6.3.4 तासां त्रिवृतं त्रिवृतमेकैकामकरोद्यथा तु खलु सोम्येमास्तिस्रो देवतास्त्रिवृत्त्रिवृदेकैका भवति तन्मे विजानीहीति ॥ ४ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
6.3.1 "Of these beings there are only three kinds of seed: the egg-born, the live-born, and those that spring from the earth.
6.3.2 "That deity considered, 'Come, let me enter these three deities as this living Self, and distinguish name and form.
6.3.3 "'Let me make each of them threefold.' That deity entered these three deities as this very living Self and distinguished name and form.
6.3.4 "It made each of them threefold. But learn from me, my dear, how each of these three deities becomes threefold."
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
6.3.1 "There are just three kinds of origin for these creatures: being born from an egg, being born alive, and sprouting from the ground.
6.3.2 "This deity thought, 'Let me enter these three deities as this living Self and make names and forms distinct.
6.3.3 "'Let me make each one of them threefold.' This deity entered these three deities as this living Self and made names and forms distinct.
6.3.4 "It made each one of them threefold. Now, my dear, learn from me how each of these three deities becomes threefold."
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Section 6.3 is part of Chandogya Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 100 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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