Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,7.3
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यः एतत् एवम् अमृतम् वेद रुद्राणाम् एव एकः भूत्वा इन्द्रेण एव मुखेन एतत् एव अमृतम् दृष्ट्वा तृप्यति सः एतत् एव रूपम् अभिसंविशति एतस्मात् रूपात् उदेति
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ etat evam amṛtam veda rudrāṇām eva ekaḥ bhūtvā indreṇa eva mukhena etat eva amṛtam dṛṣṭvā tṛpyati saḥ etat eva rūpam abhisaṃviśati etasmāt rūpāt udeti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
वेदvedaknows; understands
रुद्राणाम्rudrāṇāmof the Rudras; of the Rudra gods
एवevaindeed; surely
एकःekaḥone; alone
भूत्वाbhūtvāhaving become; having turned into
इन्द्रेणindreṇaby Indra; through Indra
एवevaindeed; surely
मुखेनmukhenaby the mouth; through the mouth; as by an entrance
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवevaindeed; surely
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen; contemplating
तृप्यतिtṛpyatiis satisfied; is sated
सःsaḥhe; that one
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवevaindeed; surely
रूपम्rūpamshape; the appearance
अभिसंविशतिabhisaṃviśatienters; he merges
एतस्मात्etasmātfrom this; out of this
रूपात्rūpātof the image; of the form
उदेतिudetirises; ascends
Translation
He who thus knows this nectar, becoming one of the Rudras, is satisfied by the sight of this very nectar with Indra himself for a mouth; he enters into this very appearance and rises up out of this appearance.
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The phala-śruti of the second nectar: the knower becomes one of the Rudras — and partakes of the white honey with Indra for a mouth.
To become a Rudra is not dreadful but lofty: the Rudras are purifiers, the howling winds of renewal: a partaker of their honey receives their power of terrible cleansing — the ability to sweep away what has outlived itself without malice, as a storm does. Every host is a school: the honey of the Vasus teaches ordering, the honey of the Rudras a holy severity; the ladder of nectars educates by ascending degrees.