Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,1.4
॥
Devanāgarī
तत् व्यक्षरत् तत् आदित्यम् अभितः अश्रयत् तत् वै एतत् यत् एतत् आदित्यस्य रोहितम् रूपम्
Transliteration (IAST)
tat vyakṣarat tat ādityam abhitaḥ aśrayat tat vai etat yat etat ādityasya rohitam rūpam
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्tatthat; this
व्यक्षरत्vyakṣaratit flowed out (vi-√kṣar); it ran forth; it poured out
तत्tatthat; this
आदित्यम्ādityamthe sun; Āditya
अभितःabhitaḥround about; from every side
अश्रयत्aśrayatit settled, it lodged (ā-√śri); it clung; it took its place
तत्tatthat; this
वैvaiverily; indeed
एतत्etatthis; all this
यत्yatwhich; that which
एतत्etatthis; all this
आदित्यस्यādityasyaof the sun; of Āditya
रोहितम्rohitamthe red (rohita); the crimson; the dawn-hued
रूपम्rūpamshape; the appearance
Translation
It flowed forth and settled about the sun: and that is what the red appearance of the sun is.
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The load is delivered: tad vyakṣarat — "it flowed forth" (the sap of the Ṛg-veda!), tad ādityam abhito 'śrayat — "and settled around the sun": and here is the discovery: tad vai etad yad etad ādityasya rohitaṁ rūpam — "and that is the red appearance of the sun"!
The red in the sun (the glow of dawn, the morning light) is the honey of the Ṛg-veda: the luminary's colour is explained as deposited nectar of the texts: the sun's radiances are layers of ripened meaning! The four quarters will give four colours (red, white, black, iridescent), and the fifth the core: the spectrum of the sun is the spectrum of revelation: looking at the dawn, you see the glory of the hymns condensed into colour. The science of honey teaches one to read the sky as a comb: which load lies where.