Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.6
॥
Devanāgarī
अत्र यजमानः परस्तात् आयुषः स्वाहा अपजहि परिघम् इति उक्त्वा उत्तिष्ठति तस्मै वसवः प्रातःसवनम् संप्रयच्छन्ति
Transliteration (IAST)
atra yajamānaḥ parastāt āyuṣaḥ svāhā apajahi parigham iti uktvā uttiṣṭhati tasmai vasavaḥ prātaḥsavanam saṃprayacchanti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अत्रatrahere; within
यजमानःyajamānaḥthe sacrificer; the performer of the sacrifice
परस्तात्parastātbeyond (parastāt); on the far side; higher
आयुषःāyuṣaḥof the lifetime (āyus — the span of life); of the span of life; of the term of life
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial exclamation
अपजहिapajahistrike away (apa-√han, imperative); beat off; remove
परिघम्parighamthe bolt (parigha); the bar; the barring
इतिitithus; how
उक्त्वाuktvāso saying; having instructed
उत्तिष्ठतिuttiṣṭhaticomes up; ascends
तस्मैtasmaito Him; to him
वसवःvasavaḥVasu; the Vasu gods
प्रातःसवनम्prātaḥsavanamthe morning pressing of soma; the morning libation
संप्रयच्छन्तिsaṃprayacchantithey hand over (sam-pra-√yam); they deliver; they yield
Translation
"Here is the sacrificer — beyond the span of life. Svāhā! Strike away the bolt!" — having said this, he rises. To him the Vasus make over the morning pressing.
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The completion of the morning door: atra yajamānaḥ parastād āyuṣaḥ — "here is the sacrificer, on the far side of his span": a daring formula: in the opened world the sacrificer is already beyond his term, where death does not reach; svāhā, the oblation-cry; apajahi parigham — "strike away the bolt!" — the door's last fastening is knocked off.
tasmai vasavaḥ prātaḥ-savanaṁ samprayacchanti — "to him the Vasus make over the morning pressing": here is the answer to the khaṇḍa's question: the gods of the hour, invoked in due order, share their own savana: the sacrificer's world is not taken from the gods but handed over by them: the heavens make over what is theirs to one who has knocked with a song and a bow. Doors are not broken in — they are unlocked by knowledge.