Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.4
॥
Devanāgarī
लोकद्वारम् अपावार्णु पश्येम त्वा वयम् राज्याय हुम् आज्याय इति
Transliteration (IAST)
lokadvāram apāvārṇu paśyema tvā vayam rājyāya hum ājyāya iti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
लोकद्वारम्lokadvāramthe door of the world (loka-dvāra); the gate of the world; the world-door
अपावार्णुapāvārṇuopen (apa-ā-√vṛ, imperative); be opened; fly open
पश्येमpaśyemamay we see (optative of √paś); may we behold; let us see
त्वाtvāyou; to you
वयम्vayamwe; we ourselves
राज्यायrājyāyafor the sake of kingship (rājya); for a kingdom; for royalty
हुम्humhum; the call hum
आज्यायājyāyafor the sake of shining sovereignty; for pre-eminence
इतिitithus; how
Translation
"Door of the world, open! May we see you — for the sake of kingship. Huṁ!"
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The song of the door: loka-dvāram apāvṛṇu — "door of the world, open!": paśyema tvā vayam — "may we see you": rājyāya — "for the sake of kingship": the sacrificer asks not for things but for a seeing: let the door of his world be opened, and let him see — the world itself? the kingship itself? A door one asks to have opened for the sake of seeing is the prayer of all prayers (the Īśa: "draw back the covering, that I may see!").
huṁ is the stobha that seals it (that roving syllable of the Unuttered from 1.13!): the request is fastened with a sound beyond words. Three times this song will sound in the day of the sacrifice — at the three doors of the three hours: the morning one (kingship), the midday one (the breadth of dominion), the evening one (sole sovereignty): each hour has its own door and its own measure of what is opened.