Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,7.4
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यावत् आदित्यः पुरस्तात् उदेता पश्चात् अस्तम् एता द्विः तावत् दक्षिणतः उदेता उत्तरतः अस्तम् एता रुद्राणाम् एव तावत् आधिपत्यम् स्वाराज्यम् पर्येता
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yāvat ādityaḥ purastāt udetā paścāt astam etā dviḥ tāvat dakṣiṇataḥ udetā uttarataḥ astam etā rudrāṇām eva tāvat ādhipatyam svārājyam paryetā
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
यावत्yāvatas long as; as far as
आदित्यःādityaḥthe sun; Āditya
पुरस्तात्purastātbefore; earlier
उदेताudetāhe will rise; he shall rise
पश्चात्paścātwestward; behind
अस्तम्astamtoward the setting; to its vanishing
एताetāhe will go; he shall go
द्विःdviḥtwice over (dvis); twice; doubly
तावत्tāvatso long; so much
दक्षिणतःdakṣiṇataḥin the south (dakṣiṇatas); from the southern side; from the south
उदेताudetāhe will rise; he shall rise
उत्तरतःuttarataḥfrom the north; on the northern side
अस्तम्astamtoward the setting; to its vanishing
एताetāhe will go; he shall go
रुद्राणाम्rudrāṇāmof the Rudras; of the Rudra gods
एवevaindeed; surely
तावत्tāvatso long; so much
आधिपत्यम्ādhipatyamdominion; overlordship
स्वाराज्यम्svārājyamautonomy; a kingdom of one's own
पर्येताparyetāhe will go round; he will reach all round
Translation
As long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west — twice as long does it rise in the south and set in the north, and so long does his overlordship and self-rule with the Rudras extend.
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The measure of the second communion — and the first shifting of the cosmos: the sun will rise dakṣiṇataḥ — "in the south" — and set in the north: for twice as long as our present world-day: the epoch of the Rudras is another sky, in which the luminary travels crosswise to ours!
With every nectar the universe unfolds: the quarters of sunrise change round the circle (east → south → west → north → zenith), and the terms double: the ladder of honey leads through aeons ever more spacious and unfamiliar. The Upaniṣad accustoms us to this: the familiar east is only the first page of the sky; those who know the honey have a calendar running five universes ahead.