Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,5.2
॥
Devanāgarī
ते वै एते गुह्याः आदेशाः एतत् ब्रह्म अभ्यतपन् तस्य अभितप्तस्य यशः तेजः इन्द्रियम् वीर्यम् अन्नाद्यम् रसः अजायत
Transliteration (IAST)
te vai ete guhyāḥ ādeśāḥ etat brahma abhyatapan tasya abhitaptasya yaśaḥ tejaḥ indriyam vīryam annādyam rasaḥ ajāyata
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तेteto you; for you
वैvaiverily; indeed
एतेetethese; the present
गुह्याःguhyāḥthe secret; the concealed
आदेशाःādeśāḥthe instructions; the instructions
एतत्etatthis; all this
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; sacred knowledge
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 secret instructions brooded upon this Brahman; from it, so brooded upon, its sap was born: glory, splendour, power of the senses, might, and food.
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The upper bees at their labour: the secret instructions "brood upon Brahman" — the boldest of expressions: the contemplation of the Upaniṣads is a tapas turned upon Him — and out of that brooding the sap comes forth: the same five goods, but now from the Flower of flowers itself.
To "brood upon Brahman" means to hold Him in the heat of unremitting attention (upāsana!): He does not change under our heat — our capacity does: a Presence warmed by contemplation begins to give up its sweetness, as a comb does near a fire. The fifth vein works in everyone who attends to the secret word with fervour — and its honey will now take its royal place.