Section 3.3
Original Sanskrit
3.3.1 अथ येऽस्य प्रत्यञ्चो रश्मयस्ता एवास्य प्रतीच्यो मधुनाड्यः सामान्येव मधुकृतः सामवेद एव पुष्पं ता अमृता आपः ॥ १ ॥
3.3.2 तानि वा एतानि सामान्येतꣳसामवेदमभ्यतपꣳस्तस्याभितप्तस्य यशस्तेज इन्द्रियं वीर्यमन्नाद्यꣳरसोऽजायत ॥ २ ॥
3.3.3 तद्व्यक्षरत्तदादित्यमभितोऽश्रयत्तद्वा एतद्यदेतदादित्यस्य कृष्णꣳरूपम् ॥ ३ ॥
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.
3.3.1 Its westward rays are its western honey channels. The Saman chants are the bees; the Samaveda is the flower; there are the nectar waters.
3.3.2 These Saman chants heated this Samaveda. From it, heated, arose the essence of glory, radiance, strength, vigor, and nourishing food.
3.3.3 It flowed forth and settled about the sun. This is the sun's black 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.
3.3.1 Its westward rays are its western honey channels. The Saman chants are the bees. The Samaveda is the flower. The waters are nectar.
3.3.2 Those Saman chants heated this Samaveda. From it, when heated, came fame, radiance, the power of the senses, strength, and the essence of food and eating.
3.3.3 This flowed out and gathered around the sun. It is the black appearance of the sun.
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Section 3.3 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 40 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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