Section 2.19
Original Sanskrit
2.19.1 लोम हिङ्कारस्त्वक्प्रस्तावो माꣳसमुद्गीथोस्थि प्रतिहारो मज्जा निधनमेतद्यज्ञायज्ञीयमङ्गेषु प्रोतम् ॥ १ ॥
2.19.2 स य एवमेतद्यज्ञायज्ञीयमङ्गेषु प्रोतं वेदाङ्गी भवति नाङ्गेन विहूर्छति सर्वमायुरेति ज्योग्जीवति महान्प्रजया पशुभिर्भवति महान्कीर्त्या संवत्सरं मज्ज्ञो नाश्नीयात्तद्व्रतं मज्ज्ञो नाश्नीयादिति वा ॥ 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.
2.19.1 Hair is Hinkara; skin is Prastava; flesh is Udgitha; bone is Pratihara; marrow is Nidhana. This is the Yajnayajniya woven into the limbs.
2.19.2 Whoever knows this Yajnayajniya woven into the limbs has sound limbs and suffers no injury to a limb; reaches the full span of life and lives long; becomes great through offspring and livestock, great in renown. One should eat no marrow for a year: that is the vow. Or the vow is simply to eat no marrow.
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.
2.19.1 Body hair is Hinkara, skin is Prastava, flesh is Udgitha, bone is Pratihara, and marrow is Nidhana. This is the Yajnayajniya Saman woven into the body's parts.
2.19.2 Someone who knows the Yajnayajniya woven into the body's parts has a sound body and no damaged limb, reaches a full lifespan, lives a long time, and becomes great in children, livestock, and fame. Their observance is not to eat marrow for a year—or not to eat marrow at all.
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Section 2.19 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 32 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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