Section 3.19
Original Sanskrit
3.19.1 आदित्यो ब्रह्मेत्यादेशस्तस्योपव्याख्यानमसदेवेदमग्र आसीत् । तत्सदासीत्तत्समभवत्तदाण्डं निरवर्तत तत्संवत्सरस्य मात्रामशयत तन्निरभिद्यत ते आण्डकपाले रजतं च सुवर्णं चाभवताम् ॥ १ ॥
3.19.2 तद्यद्रजतꣳसेयं पृथिवी यत्सुवर्णꣳ सा द्यौर्यज्जरायु ते पर्वता यदुल्बꣳसमेघो नीहारो या धमनयस्ता नद्यो यद्वास्तेयमुदकꣳस समुद्रः ॥ २ ॥
3.19.3 अथ यत्तदजायत सोऽसावादित्यस्तं जायमानं घोषा उलूलवोऽनूदतिष्ठन्त्सर्वाणि च भूतानि सर्वे च कामास्तस्मात्तस्योदयं प्रति प्रत्यायनं प्रति घोषा उलूलवोऽनूत्तिष्ठन्ति सर्वाणि च भूतानि सर्वे च कामाः ॥ ३ ॥
3.19.4 स य एतमेवं विद्वानादित्यं ब्रह्मेत्युपास्तेऽभ्याशो ह यदेनꣳ साधवो घोषा आ च गच्छेयुरुप च निम्रेडेरन्निम्रेडेरन् ॥ 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.
3.19.1 "The sun is Brahman": this is the teaching. Here is its explanation. In the beginning, this was nonbeing alone. It became being; it came into existence; it developed into an egg. It lay for the span of a year. It split apart, and the two halves of the shell became silver and gold.
3.19.2 The silver half is this earth; the golden half is heaven. The outer membrane is the mountains; the inner membrane is cloud and mist. The veins are the rivers; the fluid in its bladder is the sea.
3.19.3 What was born from it is this sun. At its birth, cries and ululations arose, and all beings and all desires arose after it. Thus at its rising and its setting, cries and ululations arise, and all beings and all desires arise after it.
3.19.4 Whoever knows thus and meditates on the sun as Brahman is soon approached by auspicious cries, and they resound around that person; resound around that person.
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.
3.19.1 "The sun is Brahman" is the teaching. Here is its explanation. In the beginning, all this did not exist. It came to exist. It developed and became an egg. It lay there for the length of a year. It split open, and the two halves of its shell became silver and gold.
3.19.2 The silver half is this earth. The gold half is heaven. The outer membrane is the mountains. The inner membrane is clouds and mist. The veins are the rivers. The fluid in the bladder is the ocean.
3.19.3 What was born from it is the sun up there. As it was born, loud, jubilant cries rose after it, along with all beings and all desires. That is why, at its rising and its setting, loud, jubilant cries rise after it, along with all beings and all desires.
3.19.4 If someone knows this and meditates on the sun as Brahman, happy cries will soon come to him and sound all around him—sound all around him.
About this section
Section 3.19 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 56 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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