Section 2.12
Original Sanskrit
2.12.1 अभिमन्थति स हिङ्कारो धूमो जायते स प्रस्तावो ज्वलति स उद्गीथोऽङ्गारा भवन्ति स प्रतिहार उपशाम्यति तन्निधनꣳसꣳशाम्यति तन्निधनमेतद्रथन्तरमग्नौ प्रोतम् ॥ १ ॥
2.12.2 स य एवमेतद्रथन्तरमग्नौ प्रोतं वेद ब्रह्मवर्चस्यन्नादो भवति सर्वमायुरेति ज्योग्जीवति महान्प्रजया पशुभिर्भवति महान्कीर्त्या न प्रत्यङ्ङग्निमाचामेन्न निष्ठीवेत्तद्व्रतम् ॥ २ ॥
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.
2.12.1 Rubbing to kindle fire is Hinkara; smoke arising is Prastava; blazing is Udgitha; glowing coals are Pratihara; dying down is Nidhana; going out completely is Nidhana. This is the Rathantara woven into fire.
2.12.2 Whoever knows this Rathantara woven into fire gains sacred radiance and enjoys food, reaches the full span of life, and lives long; becomes great through offspring and livestock, great in renown. One should neither rinse the mouth nor spit toward fire: that is the vow.
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.
2.12.1 Churning out fire is Hinkara. Smoke rising is Prastava. The flame burning is Udgitha. Glowing coals are Pratihara. The fire dying down is Nidhana; its going completely out is Nidhana. This is the Rathantara Saman woven into fire.
2.12.2 Someone who knows the Rathantara woven into fire becomes radiant with sacred learning and has food to eat, reaches a full lifespan, lives a long time, and becomes great in children, livestock, and fame. Their observance is not to rinse their mouth or spit toward fire.
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Section 2.12 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 25 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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