Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,8.3
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यः एतत् एवम् अमृतम् वेद आदित्यानाम् एव एकः भूत्वा वरुणेन एव मुखेन एतत् एव अमृतम् दृष्ट्वा तृप्यति सः एतत् एव रूपम् अभिसंविशति एतस्मात् रूपात् उदेति
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ etat evam amṛtam veda ādityānām eva ekaḥ bhūtvā varuṇena 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
आदित्यानाम्ādityānāmof the Ādityas; of the solar gods
एवevaindeed; surely
एकःekaḥone; alone
भूत्वाbhūtvāhaving become; having turned into
वरुणेनvaruṇenaby Varuṇa; through Varuṇa
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 Ādityas, is satisfied by the sight of this very nectar with Varuṇa 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 third nectar: the knower becomes one of the Ādityas — the sons of the Boundless — and drinks the black honey with Varuṇa for a mouth.
To become an Āditya is to enter the family of expanse: the Ādityas are deities of boundlessness, upholders of the world's bonds: their honey gives a breadth without shores. Mark the ascending order of the schools: ordering (the Vasus) → purification (the Rudras) → boundlessness (the Ādityas): the ladder of nectars is a ladder of the soul's growing up, and two flights remain to the top.