Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,9.3
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यः एतत् एवम् अमृतम् वेद मरुताम् एव एकः भूत्वा सोमेन एव मुखेन एतत् एव अमृतम् दृष्ट्वा तृप्यति सः एतत् एव रूपम् अभिसंविशति एतस्मात् रूपात् उदेति
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ etat evam amṛtam veda marutām eva ekaḥ bhūtvā somena 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
मरुताम्marutāmof the Maruts; of the wind-gods
एवevaindeed; surely
एकःekaḥone; alone
भूत्वाbhūtvāhaving become; having turned into
सोमेनsomenaby Soma; through Soma
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 Maruts, is satisfied by the sight of this very nectar with Soma 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 fourth nectar: the knower becomes one of the Maruts — and drinks the deep honey with Soma for a mouth.
The school of the Maruts is the fourth degree: after ordering, purification and boundlessness comes a holy onset: a power of movement that does not destroy but carries (the Maruts are Indra's retinue, the winds of help!). One degree remains — and the fifth nectar, the one that "quivers in the middle", will find its tasters: they will be the sādhyas — and beyond them the knower himself goes on.