Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,9.4
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यावत् आदित्यः पश्चात् उदेता पुरस्तात् अस्तम् एता द्विः तावत् उत्तरतः उदेता दक्षिणतः अस्तम् एता मरुताम् एव तावत् आधिपत्यम् स्वाराज्यम् पर्येता
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yāvat ādityaḥ paścāt udetā purastāt astam etā dviḥ tāvat uttarataḥ udetā dakṣiṇataḥ astam etā marutām eva tāvat ādhipatyam svārājyam paryetā
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
यावत्yāvatas long as; as far as
आदित्यःādityaḥthe sun; Āditya
पश्चात्paścātwestward; behind
उदेताudetāhe will rise; he shall rise
पुरस्तात्purastātbefore; earlier
अस्तम्astamtoward the setting; to its vanishing
एताetāhe will go; he shall go
द्विःdviḥtwice; twofold
तावत्tāvatso long; so much
उत्तरतःuttarataḥin the north (uttaratas); from the northern side; from the north
उदेताudetāhe will rise; he shall rise
दक्षिणतःdakṣiṇataḥfrom the south; on the southern side
अस्तम्astamtoward the setting; to its vanishing
एताetāhe will go; he shall go
मरुताम्marutāmof the Maruts; of the wind-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 west and sets in the east — twice as long does it rise in the north and set in the south, and so long does his overlordship and self-rule with the Maruts extend.
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The measure of the fourth communion: an epoch of the "northern sunrise", twice as long as the western one: a fourth aeon, a fourth overturning of the sky: the sun has now gone round all four quarters as points of rising.
The circle of the quarters is exhausted — east, south, west, north: the next sunrise is possible in one direction only: upward. The ladder of nectars has come to its vertical: the fifth epoch will no longer be a turning of the sky but its transcendence — and of it the verses that follow will say something unheard of.