Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.5
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ जुहोति नमः अग्नये पृथिवीक्षिते लोकक्षिते लोकम् मे यजमानाय विन्द एषः वै यजमानस्य लोकः एतत् अस्मि
Transliteration (IAST)
atha juhoti namaḥ agnaye pṛthivīkṣite lokakṣite lokam me yajamānāya vinda eṣaḥ vai yajamānasya lokaḥ etat asmi
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
जुहोतिjuhotihe makes the oblation (from √hu); he pours the libation; he sacrifices
नमःnamaḥobeisance; homage
अग्नयेagnayeAgni; to the fire
पृथिवीक्षितेpṛthivīkṣiteto the dweller on earth (pṛthivī-kṣit); to the earth-dweller; to the inhabitant of earth
लोकक्षितेlokakṣiteto the dweller in the world; to the keeper of the world
लोकम्lokamthe world; dwelling
मेmemyself; for me
यजमानायyajamānāyafor the sacrificer; to the patron of the rite
विन्दvindaobtain (imperative of √vid — 'to find'); find; win
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
वैvaiverily; indeed
यजमानस्यyajamānasyathe sacrificer; of the patron of the rite
लोकःlokaḥthe world; dwelling
एतत्etatthis; all this
अस्मिasmiI am; I am
Translation
Then he makes an oblation: "Homage to Agni, who dwells on the earth, who dwells in the world! Find a world for me, the sacrificer! This is the sacrificer's world — I am going [into it]!"
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An oblation with a petition: namo 'gnaye pṛthivī-kṣite loka-kṣite — "homage to Agni, dweller on earth, dweller in the world": lokam me yajamānāya vinda — "find a world for me, the sacrificer!": from the fire of the morning hour the sacrificer's own world is sought — the very thing the khaṇḍa asked about (2.24.2!): here is where his world is: with Agni, and it is won by homage and petition.
eṣa vai yajamānasya loka etāsmi — "this is the sacrificer's world — hither I go": a formula of entering: what has been asked for is at once professed as one's own: the prayer ends with an act of faith — "I am already there". Each of the day's three doors is built the same way: song — oblation — petition — entering: four steps that open an hour.