Section 1.5
Original Sanskrit
1.5.1 अथ खलु य उद्गीथः स प्रणवो यः प्रणवः स उद्गीथ इत्यसौ वा आदित्य उद्गीथ एष प्रणव ओमिति ह्येष स्वरन्नेति ॥ १ ॥
1.5.2 एतमु एवाहमभ्यगासिषं तस्मान्मम त्वमेकोऽसीति ह कौषीतकिः पुत्रमुवाच रश्मीꣳस्त्वं पर्यावर्तयाद्बहवो वै ते भविष्यन्तीत्यधिदैवतम् ॥ २ ॥
1.5.3 अथाध्यात्मं य एवायं मुख्यः प्राणस्तमुद्गीथमुपासीतोमिति ह्येष स्वरन्नेति ॥ ३ ॥
1.5.4 एतमु एवाहमभ्यगासिषं तस्मान्मम त्वमेकोऽसीति ह कौषीतकिः पुत्रमुवाच प्राणाꣳ स्त्वं भूमानमभिगायताद्बहवो वै मे भविष्यन्तीति ॥ ४ ॥
1.5.5 अथ खलु य उद्गीथः स प्रणवो यः प्रणवः स उद्गीथ इति होतृषदनाद्धैवापि दुरुद्गीथमनुसमाहरतीत्यनुसमाहरतीति ॥ ५ ॥
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.
1.5.1 What is the Udgitha is the Pranava; what is the Pranava is the Udgitha. This sun is the Udgitha; it is the Pranava, for it moves sounding Om.
1.5.2 "I sang praise to this one alone; therefore you are my only son," Kaushitaki told his son. "Turn your meditation to its rays, and you will have many sons." This concerns the gods.
1.5.3 Now concerning the person: one should meditate on this principal life-breath as the Udgitha, for it moves sounding Om.
1.5.4 "I sang praise to this one alone; therefore you are my only son," Kaushitaki told his son. "Sing praise to the vital powers in their multitude, thinking, 'May I have many sons.'"
1.5.5 What is the Udgitha is the Pranava; what is the Pranava is the Udgitha. Even from the Hotri's seat one can correct a badly sung Udgitha; one can correct it.
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.
1.5.1 The Udgitha is the Pranava, Om, and the Pranava is the Udgitha. The sun is the Udgitha and the Pranava, because it moves along sounding Om.
1.5.2 Kaushitaki told his son, "I sang to that sun as just one. That is why you are my only son. You should consider its rays separately. Then you will have many sons." This is the teaching about the gods.
1.5.3 Now for the teaching about oneself. Meditate on the chief life-breath as the Udgitha, because it moves along sounding Om.
1.5.4 Kaushitaki told his son, "I sang to this breath as just one. That is why you are my only son. You should sing to the many breaths, thinking, 'May I have many sons.'"
1.5.5 The Udgitha is the Pranava, and the Pranava is the Udgitha. Through this understanding, even a badly sung Udgitha is corrected from the Hotri priest's seat—it is corrected.
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Section 1.5 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 5 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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