Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,3.3
॥
Devanāgarī
तत् व्यक्षरत् तत् आदित्यम् अभितः अश्रयत् तत् वै एतत् यत् एतत् आदित्यस्य कृष्णम् रूपम्
Transliteration (IAST)
tat vyakṣarat tat ādityam abhitaḥ aśrayat tat vai etat yat etat ādityasya kṛṣṇam 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
कृष्णम्kṛṣṇamthe black (kṛṣṇa); the dark; black
रूपम्rūpamshape; the appearance
Translation
It flowed forth and settled about the sun: and that is what the black appearance of the sun is.
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The western load has settled as… black: kṛṣṇaṁ rūpam — the sun's "black appearance" — the honey of the Sāma-veda: the dark in the luminary (that very depth-blackness of 1.6!) is the condensed sap of the chants.
The most musical has settled as the darkest: song is depth, and depth is dark not by the absence of light but by its excess: the black of the sun is not shadow but super-light, honey too thick for the eye (like the "beyond-black" in the eye — 1.7!). Whoever has wondered that music darkens the sight and sweetens the heart has already tasted this layer.