Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,10.1
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ यत् पञ्चमम् अमृतम् तत् साध्याः उपजीवन्ति ब्रह्मणा मुखेन न वै देवाः अश्नन्ति न पिबन्ति एतत् एव अमृतम् दृष्ट्वा तृप्यन्ति
Transliteration (IAST)
atha yat pañcamam amṛtam tat sādhyāḥ upajīvanti brahmaṇā mukhena na vai devāḥ aśnanti na pibanti etat eva amṛtam dṛṣṭvā tṛpyanti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
यत्yatwhich; that which
पञ्चमम्pañcamamthe fifth; the fifth
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
तत्tatthat; this
साध्याःsādhyāḥthe Sādhyas (sādhya — an ancient class of celestials); the Sādhya gods; 'the attainable ones'
उपजीवन्तिupajīvantithey live upon; they feed; are sustained
ब्रह्मणाbrahmaṇāby Brahman; through Brahman
मुखेनmukhenaby the mouth; through the mouth; as by an entrance
नnanot; no
वैvaiverily; indeed
देवाःdevāḥthe gods; divine powers
अश्नन्तिaśnantithey eat; they enjoy
नnanot; no
पिबन्तिpibantithey drink; they consume
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवevaindeed; surely
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen; contemplating
तृप्यन्तिtṛpyantithey are sated; they are satisfied
Translation
On the fifth nectar the Sādhyas live — with Brahman for a mouth. The gods truly do not eat or drink: by the mere sight of this nectar they are satisfied.
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The fifth nectar — the one that "quivers in the middle of the sun" (the honey of the secret instructions from the flower that is Brahman!) — falls to the sādhyāḥ, the Sādhyas, the most ancient and mysterious order of celestials ("those who are to be attained" — gods before the gods!), and their mouth is brahmaṇā mukhena — Brahman itself!
The summit of the distribution: the most secret honey to the most secret host — through a mouth that is neither god nor fire but the Absolute. The Sādhyas taste the sun's core with Brahman directly. Above this meal there is nothing: the fifth communion is the prototype of that "enjoying of all desires together with Brahman" (saha brahmaṇā!) which the Taittirīya promised to the knower.