Section 5.6
Original Sanskrit
5.6.1 पृथिवी वाव गौतमाग्निस्तस्याः संवत्सर एव समिदाकाशो धूमो रात्रिरर्चिर्दिशोऽङ्गारा अवान्तरदिशो विस्फुलिङ्गाः ॥ १ ॥
5.6.2 तस्मिन्नेतस्मिन्नग्नौ देवा वर्षं जुह्वति तस्या आहुतेरन्नँ सम्भवति ॥ २ ॥
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.
5.6.1 "The earth, Gautama, is a fire. The year is her fuel, space her smoke, night her flame, the cardinal directions her embers, and the intermediate directions her sparks.
5.6.2 "Into this fire the gods offer rain. From that offering food is born."
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.
5.6.1 "Gautama, the earth is a fire. The year is its fuel. Space is its smoke. Night is its flame. The directions are its coals. The directions between them are its sparks.
5.6.2 "In this fire the gods offer rain. From that offering food is born."
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Section 5.6 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 79 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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