Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.7
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Devanāgarī
पुरा माध्यन्दिनस्य सवनस्य उपाकरणात् जघनेन अग्नीध्रीयस्य उदाङ्मुखः उपविश्य सः रौद्रम् साम अभिगायति
Transliteration (IAST)
purā mādhyandinasya savanasya upākaraṇāt jaghanena agnīdhrīyasya udāṅmukhaḥ upaviśya saḥ raudram sāma abhigāyati
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
पुराpurābefore; earlier
माध्यन्दिनस्यmādhyandinasyaof the midday; belonging to midday
सवनस्यsavanasyaof the soma-pressing; of the soma-libation
उपाकरणात्upākaraṇātbefore the beginning; before setting to work
जघनेनjaghanenabehind; from the western side
अग्नीध्रीयस्यagnīdhrīyasyaof the āgnīdhrīya (āgnīdhrīya — the fire of the kindling priest); of the agnīdh's fire; of the kindler's fire
उदाङ्मुखःudāṅmukhaḥfacing north; facing northward
उपविश्यupaviśyahaving sat down; seating himself
सःsaḥhe; that one
रौद्रम्raudrambelonging to the Rudras (raudra); the raudra sāman; the Rudra-chant
सामsāmathe sāman; the chant
अभिगायतिabhigāyatisings; he sings out
Translation
Before the beginning of the midday pressing, sitting down behind the āgnīdhrīya fire, facing north, he sings the sāman of the Rudras:
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The second door is the midday one: the same order at a different fire: jaghanenāgnīdhrīyasya — "behind the āgnīdhrīya" (the fire of the kindler, the āgnīdh priest): noon belongs to the Rudras — the terrible, the purifying — and they have their own approach: raudraṁ sāma — the raudra sāman.
The change of fire and addressee within the same order is a liturgical grammar: each hour of the day is unlocked by its own key at its own keyhole: there is no master key to heaven: one who knows distinguishes hours, fires and hosts — and that is why he is let in (while the ignorant, per 2.24.2, "how shall he perform?").