Section 3.5
Original Sanskrit
3.5.1 अथ येऽस्योर्ध्वा रश्मयस्ता एवास्योर्ध्वा मधुनाड्यो गुह्या एवादेशा मधुकृतो ब्रह्मैव पुष्पं ता अमृता आपः ॥ १ ॥
3.5.2 ते वा एते गुह्या आदेशा एतद्ब्रह्माभ्यतपꣳस्तस्याभितप्तस्य यशस्तेज इन्द्रियं वीर्यमन्नाद्यꣳरसोऽजायत ॥ २ ॥
3.5.3 तद्व्यक्षरत्तदादित्यमभितोऽश्रयत्तद्वा एतद्यदेतदादित्यस्य मध्ये क्षोभत इव ॥ ३ ॥
3.5.4 ते वा एते रसानाꣳरसा वेदा हि रसास्तेषामेते रसास्तानि वा एतान्यमृतानाममृतानि वेदा ह्यमृतास्तेषामेतान्यमृतानि ॥ 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.
3.5.1 Its upward rays are its upper honey channels. The secret teachings are the bees; Brahman is the flower; there are the nectar waters.
3.5.2 These secret teachings heated this Brahman. From it, heated, arose the essence of glory, radiance, strength, vigor, and nourishing food.
3.5.3 It flowed forth and settled about the sun. This is what seems to tremble in the middle of the sun.
3.5.4 These are the essences of essences: the Vedas are essences, and these are their essences. These are the nectars of nectars: the Vedas are nectars, and these are their nectars.
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.
3.5.1 Its upward rays are its upper honey channels. The secret teachings are the bees. Brahman is the flower. The waters are nectar.
3.5.2 Those secret teachings heated this Brahman. From it, when heated, came fame, radiance, the power of the senses, strength, and the essence of food and eating.
3.5.3 This flowed out and gathered around the sun. It is what seems to tremble at the center of the sun.
3.5.4 These are the essences of the essences. The Vedas are essences, and these are their essences. These are the nectars of the nectars. The Vedas are nectars, and these are their nectars.
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Section 3.5 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 42 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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