Section 5.24
Original Sanskrit
5.24.1 स य इदमविद्वाग्निहोत्रं जुहोति यथाङ्गारानपोह्य भस्मनि जुहुयात्तादृक्तत्स्यात् ॥ १ ॥
5.24.2 अथ य एतदेवं विद्वानग्निहोत्रं जुहोति तस्य सर्वेषु लोकेषु सर्वेषु भूतेषु सर्वेष्वात्मसु हुतं भवति ॥ २ ॥
5.24.3 तद्यथेषीकातूलमग्नौ प्रोतं प्रदूयेतैवँहास्य सर्वे पाप्मानः प्रदूयन्ते य एतदेवं विद्वानग्निहोत्रं जुहोति ॥ ३ ॥
5.24.4 तस्मादु हैवंविद्यद्यपि चण्डालायोच्छिष्टं प्रयच्छेदात्मनि हैवास्य तद्वैश्वानरे हुतँ स्यादिति तदेष श्लोकः ॥ ४ ॥
5.24.5 यथेह क्षुधिता बाला मातरं पर्युपासत एवँ सर्वाणि भूतान्यग्निहोत्रमुपासत इत्यग्निहोत्रमुपासत इति ॥ 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.
5.24.1 "To make the Agnihotra offering without knowing this is like pushing aside the embers and making the offering into ashes.
5.24.2 "But when someone makes the Agnihotra offering knowing this in this way, his offering is made in all worlds, in all beings, in all selves.
5.24.3 "As reed down laid in a fire burns away, so all the evils of one who makes the Agnihotra offering knowing this in this way burn away.
5.24.4 "Therefore, even if one who knows this gives his leftover food to a chandala, it is offered in his very Self, Vaishvanara. On this there is a verse:
5.24.5 "As hungry children heregather around their mother,so all beings gather around the Agnihotra—gather around the Agnihotra."
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.
5.24.1 Someone who makes the Agnihotra offering without knowing this is like someone who pushes aside the coals and makes an offering in the ashes.
5.24.2 But when someone makes the Agnihotra offering knowing this, their offering is made in all worlds, in all beings, and in all selves.
5.24.3 Just as a reed's fluffy tip put into a fire burns up, all the evils of someone who makes the Agnihotra offering knowing this burn up.
5.24.4 So even if someone who knows this gives their leftover food to a Chandala, that food is offered in their own Self Vaishvanara. There is this verse about it:
5.24.5 "As hungry children heresit around their mother,so all beings sit around the Agnihotra offering—sit around the Agnihotra offering."
About this section
Section 5.24 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 97 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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