Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,8.2
॥
Devanāgarī
ते एतत् एव रूपम् अभिसंविशन्ति एतस्मात् रूपात् उद्यन्ति
Transliteration (IAST)
te etat eva rūpam abhisaṃviśanti etasmāt rūpāt udyanti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तेteto you; for you
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवevaindeed; surely
रूपम्rūpamshape; the appearance
अभिसंविशन्तिabhisaṃviśantienter; sink into
एतस्मात्etasmātfrom this; out of this
रूपात्rūpātof the image; of the form
उद्यन्तिudyantithey rise; they climb
Translation
They enter into this very appearance and rise up out of this appearance.
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The refrain of communion, of the Ādityas and the black appearance: an entering into the deep blackness of the chant, a rising out of it.
The plunging of light into darkness and its return is the most ancient of rhythms: the sun does the same every night — enters the black and rises out of it: the Ādityas entering the black honey repeat the path of their own luminary: communion is always a small dying-and-rising.