Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.14
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ जुहोति नमः आदित्येभ्यः च विश्वेभ्यः च देवेभ्यः दिविक्षिद्भ्यः लोकक्षिद्भ्यः लोकम् मे यजमानाय विन्दत
Transliteration (IAST)
atha juhoti namaḥ ādityebhyaḥ ca viśvebhyaḥ ca devebhyaḥ divikṣidbhyaḥ lokakṣidbhyaḥ lokam me yajamānāya vindata
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SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
जुहोतिjuhotihe offers; he makes the oblation
नमःnamaḥobeisance; homage
आदित्येभ्यःādityebhyaḥto the Ādityas; to the solar gods
चcaand; as well as
विश्वेभ्यःviśvebhyaḥwith everything; to the universal ones
चcaand; as well as
देवेभ्यःdevebhyaḥto the gods; to the divine powers
दिविक्षिद्भ्यःdivikṣidbhyaḥto the dwellers in heaven (divi-kṣit); to the heaven-dwellers; to the inhabitants of the sky
लोकक्षिद्भ्यःlokakṣidbhyaḥto those who dwell in the world; to the keepers of the world
लोकम्lokamthe world; dwelling
मेmemyself; for me
यजमानायyajamānāyafor the sacrificer; to the patron of the rite
विन्दतvindataobtain (imperative plural of √vid); find; win
Translation
Then he makes an oblation: "Homage to the Ādityas and the Viśvedevas, who dwell in heaven, who dwell in the world! Find a world for me, the sacrificer!
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The evening oblation is in the plural: namaḥ ādityebhyaś ca viśvebhyaś ca devebhyaḥ — "homage to the Ādityas and the All-gods": divi-kṣidbhyaḥ — "dwellers in heaven": the third storey of addressees (earth — air — heaven!): and the petition, vindata — "find ye" — is now addressed to a chorus: at the evening door the whole pantheon is set to work.
The day's three homages have gathered up the vertical: Agni of the earth, Vāyu of the expanse, the Ādityas of heaven: in a single day the sacrificer has gone round the whole universe with his bows — and on every storey has asked a world for himself. Such is the full geography of the order: not a striving toward one point but the settling of the whole vertical: the knower has a world of his own on every storey of being.