Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.10
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Devanāgarī
अत्र यजमानः परस्तात् आयुषः स्वाहा अपजहि परिघम् इति उक्त्वा उत्तिष्ठति तस्मै रुद्राः माध्यन्दिनम् सवनम् संप्रयच्छन्ति
Transliteration (IAST)
atra yajamānaḥ parastāt āyuṣaḥ svāhā apajahi parigham iti uktvā uttiṣṭhati tasmai rudrāḥ mādhyandinam savanam saṃprayacchanti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अत्रatrahere; within
यजमानःyajamānaḥthe sacrificer; the performer of the sacrifice
परस्तात्parastāton the far side; after
आयुषःāyuṣaḥlife; of the span of life
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial exclamation
अपजहिapajahidrive it off; remove
परिघम्parighamthe bolt; the barrier
इतिitithus; how
उक्त्वाuktvāso saying; having instructed
उत्तिष्ठतिuttiṣṭhaticomes up; ascends
तस्मैtasmaito Him; to him
रुद्राःrudrāḥthe Rudras; the Rudra gods
माध्यन्दिनम्mādhyandinamthe midday; belonging to midday
सवनम्savanamthe pressing of soma; the soma-pressing
संप्रयच्छन्तिsaṃprayacchantithey hand down; they bestow
Translation
"Here is the sacrificer — beyond the span of life. Svāhā! Strike away the bolt!" — having said this, he rises. To him the Rudras make over the midday pressing.
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The second door is open: the Rudras — the most terrible of the hosts — samprayacchanti — "make over" their midday pressing: even the storm shares with one who has approached in due order: from the Rudras nothing is wrested — from them it is received: the fearful becomes the giver when it is addressed with knowledge and with song.
Again the formula "beyond the span": every opened door carries the sacrificer past his term: the day's three doors are three exits out of mortal time: a rite understood and sung through is a rehearsal of immortality within a single day of sacrifice.