Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.9
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ जुहोति नमः वायवे अन्तरिक्षक्षिते लोकक्षिते लोकम् मे यजमानाय विन्द एषः वै यजमानस्य लोकः एतास्मि
Transliteration (IAST)
atha juhoti namaḥ vāyave antarikṣakṣite lokakṣite lokam me yajamānāya vinda eṣaḥ vai yajamānasya lokaḥ etāsmi
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SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
जुहोतिjuhotihe offers; he makes the oblation
नमःnamaḥobeisance; homage
वायवेvāyaveVāyu; to the wind
अन्तरिक्षक्षितेantarikṣakṣiteto the dweller in the mid-region (antarikṣa-kṣit); to the inhabitant of the middle space; to the dweller in the air
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
विन्दvindafind; obtain it
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
वैvaiverily; indeed
यजमानस्यyajamānasyathe sacrificer; of the patron of the rite
लोकःlokaḥthe world; dwelling
एतास्मिetāsmihere I am; in this I stand
Translation
Then he makes an oblation: "Homage to Vāyu, who dwells in the mid-region, 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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The midday oblation goes to Vāyu: namo vāyave 'ntarikṣa-kṣite — "homage to Vāyu, dweller in the mid-region": the lord of the middle expanse is the master of the midday door (morning was Agni of the earth, noon is Vāyu of the air: the addressees climb storey by storey!).
The formula of petition and entering is the same: lokam me vinda… etāsmi: "find me a world — here it is — I go": the constancy of the formula amid changing addressees is the very heart of the order: hours and gods change; what does not change is the soul's need of a world of its own and the way that need is met: homage, petition, and the faith of entering.