Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,2.3
॥
Devanāgarī
तत् व्यक्षरत् तत् आदित्यम् अभितः अश्रयत् तत् वै एतत् यत् एतत् आदित्यस्य शुक्लम् रूपम्
Transliteration (IAST)
tat vyakṣarat tat ādityam abhitaḥ aśrayat tat vai etat yat etat ādityasya śuklam rūpam
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्tatthat; this
व्यक्षरत्vyakṣaratit flowed out; it was exuded
तत्tatthat; this
आदित्यम्ādityamthe sun; Āditya
अभितःabhitaḥround about; from every side
अश्रयत्aśrayatit resorted; it settled
तत्tatthat; this
वैvaiverily; indeed
एतत्etatthis; all this
यत्yatwhich; that which
एतत्etatthis; all this
आदित्यस्यādityasyaof the sun; of Āditya
शुक्लम्śuklamthe white (śukla); radiant; snow-white
रूपम्rūpamshape; the appearance
Translation
It flowed forth and settled about the sun: and that is what the white appearance of the sun is.
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The southern load has settled as white: śuklaṁ rūpam — the sun's "white appearance" — the honey of the Yajur-veda: the luminary's daytime whiteness is the condensed sap of the rite.
White is the colour of noon's clarity and of sacrificial purity: the formulas of the yajus, exact and unadulterated, have laid themselves into the sun as its most even light. The spectrum keeps gathering: the dawn from the hymns, the whiteness from the rite; ahead lie the dark layers — and they too will prove to be honey.