Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,24.15
॥
Devanāgarī
एषः वै यजमानस्य लोकः एतास्मि अत्र यजमानः परस्तात् आयुषः स्वाहा अपहत परिघम् इति उक्त्वा उत्तिष्ठति
Transliteration (IAST)
eṣaḥ vai yajamānasya lokaḥ etāsmi atra yajamānaḥ parastāt āyuṣaḥ svāhā apahata parigham iti uktvā uttiṣṭhati
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
वैvaiverily; indeed
यजमानस्यyajamānasyathe sacrificer; of the patron of the rite
लोकःlokaḥthe world; dwelling
एतास्मिetāsmihere I am; in this I stand
अत्रatrahere; within
यजमानःyajamānaḥthe sacrificer; the performer of the sacrifice
परस्तात्parastāton the far side; after
आयुषःāyuṣaḥlife; of the span of life
स्वाहाsvāhāsvāhā; the sacrificial exclamation
अपहतapahatastrike away (apa-√han, imperative plural); beat off; remove
परिघम्parighamthe bolt; the barrier
इतिitithus; how
उक्त्वाuktvāso saying; having instructed
उत्तिष्ठतिuttiṣṭhaticomes up; ascends
Translation
This is the sacrificer's world — I am going [into it]! Here is the sacrificer — beyond the span of life. Svāhā! Strike away the bolt!" — having said this, he rises.
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The third entering: the same formula of faith — "this is the world — I go — beyond the span" — and the last fastening: apahata parigham — "strike ye away the bolt" (an imperative in the plural: the whole host knocks it off!).
Three times in the day "beyond the span" has been pronounced: a sacrificial day lived by knowledge is a day outside mortal time: three doors, three enterings, three svāhās — and the man who rises (uttiṣṭhati!) after each is no longer standing where he sat: the order has raised him a storey. There remains the closing seal of the khaṇḍa — and of the whole adhyāya.