Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,2.2
॥
Devanāgarī
तानि वै एतानि यजूंषि एतम् यजुर्वेदम् अभ्यतपन् तस्य अभितप्तस्य यशः तेजः इन्द्रियम् वीर्यम् अन्नाद्यम् रसः अजायत
Transliteration (IAST)
tāni vai etāni yajūṃṣi etam yajurvedam abhyatapan tasya abhitaptasya yaśaḥ tejaḥ indriyam vīryam annādyam rasaḥ ajāyata
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तानिtānithose; these
वैvaiverily; indeed
एतानिetānithese; all these
यजूंषिyajūṃṣithe yajuses; the formulas of the Yajur-veda
एतम्etamit; of this
यजुर्वेदम्yajurvedamthe Yajur-veda; the knowledge of sacrificial formulas
अभ्यतपन्abhyatapanthey heated by austerity; they subjected to heat
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
अभितप्तस्यabhitaptasyaof what was heated; heated by austerity
यशःyaśaḥglory; renown
तेजःtejaḥthe blaze; the fiery power
इन्द्रियम्indriyamthe power of the senses; the power of a faculty
वीर्यम्vīryammight; heroic strength
अन्नाद्यम्annādyamfood and eatables; the nourishing
रसःrasaḥthe sap; essence
अजायतajāyatawas born; came to be
Translation
These very yajuses brooded upon this Yajur-veda; from it, so brooded upon, its sap was born: glory, splendour, power of the senses, might, and food.
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The southern bees are at the same labour: the yajuses brood upon the Yajur-veda, and out of it, so brooded upon, the same fivefold sap is pressed: glory, splendour, power of the senses, might, food.
The constancy of the sap's formula amid the change of corpus is a sermon in itself: every branch of revelation, cultivated by warmth, yields one and the same living sweetness: it is not that "glory belongs to hymns and might to formulas" — all of it belongs to each. The fullness of the honey is not divided among the Vedas; it is repeated whole in every one. That is why traditions do not quarrel over the "best corpus": bees from different flowers bring their loads to one hive.