Section 5.9
Original Sanskrit
5.9.1 इति तु पञ्चम्यामाहुतावापः पुरुषवचसो भवन्तीति स उल्बावृतो गर्भो दश वा नव वा मासानन्तः शयित्वा यावद्वाथ जायते ॥ १ ॥
5.9.2 स जातो यावदायुषं जीवति तं प्रेतं दिष्टमितोऽग्नय एव हरन्ति यत एवेतो यतः सम्भूतो भवति ॥ 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.
5.9.1 "Thus, at the fifth offering, water comes to be called a person. The embryo, enclosed in its membrane, lies within for ten months or nine, or whatever the time may be, and then is born.
5.9.2 "Once born, the person lives out the span of life. When he has died, when his appointed end has come, they carry him from here to the fire itself—from which he came, from which he was 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.
5.9.1 "That is how, at the fifth offering, water comes to be called a person. The embryo, wrapped in its membrane, stays inside for ten months, or nine, or however long it takes. Then it is born.
5.9.2 "Once born, the person lives for their allotted life. When they die, at the appointed time, people carry them from here to the fire—the very fire from which they came, from which they were born."
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Section 5.9 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 82 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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