Section 3.1
Original Sanskrit
3.1.1 असौ वा आदित्यो देवमधु तस्य द्यौरेव तिरश्चीनवꣳशोऽन्तरिक्षमपूपो मरीचयः पुत्राः ॥ १ ॥
3.1.2 तस्य ये प्राञ्चो रश्मयस्ता एवास्य प्राच्यो मधुनाड्यः । ऋच एव मधुकृत ऋग्वेद एव पुष्पं ता अमृता आपस्ता वा एता ऋचः ॥ २ ॥
3.1.3 एतमृग्वेदमभ्यतपꣳस्तस्याभितप्तस्य यशस्तेज इन्द्रियं वीर्यमन्नाद्यꣳरसोऽजायत ॥ ३ ॥
3.1.4 तद्व्यक्षरत्तदादित्यमभितोऽश्रयत्तद्वा एतद्यदेतदादित्यस्य रोहितꣳरूपम् ॥ 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.
3.1.1 This sun is the honey of the gods. Heaven is its crossbeam, the middle air its honeycomb, and its rays the brood.
3.1.2 Its eastward rays are its eastern honey channels. The Rig verses are the bees; the Rigveda is the flower; there are the nectar waters. These very Rig verses—
3.1.3 Heated this Rigveda. From it, heated, arose the essence of glory, radiance, strength, vigor, and nourishing food.
3.1.4 It flowed forth and settled about the sun. This is the sun's red appearance.
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.
3.1.1 The sun up there is the gods' honey. Heaven is its crossbeam, the space between earth and heaven is its honeycomb, and the rays are its young.
3.1.2 Its eastward rays are its eastern honey channels. The Rig verses are the bees. The Rigveda is the flower. The waters are nectar.
3.1.3 Those Rig verses heated this Rigveda. From it, when heated, came fame, radiance, the power of the senses, strength, and the essence of food and eating.
3.1.4 This flowed out and gathered around the sun. It is the red appearance of the sun.
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Section 3.1 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 38 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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