Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,10.3
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यः एतत् एवम् अमृतम् वेद साध्यानाम् एव एकः भूत्वा ब्रह्मणा एव मुखेन एतत् एव अमृतम् दृष्ट्वा तृप्यति सः एतत् एव रूपम् अभिसंविशति एतस्मात् रूपात् उदेति
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ etat evam amṛtam veda sādhyānām eva ekaḥ bhūtvā brahmaṇā 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
साध्यानाम्sādhyānāmof the Sādhyas; of the perfected gods
एवevaindeed; surely
एकःekaḥone; alone
भूत्वाbhūtvāhaving become; having turned into
ब्रह्मणाbrahmaṇāby Brahman; through Brahman
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 Sādhyas, is satisfied by the sight of this very nectar with Brahman itself 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 fifth nectar is the highest: the knower becomes one of the Sādhyas and tastes the honey of the core with Brahman itself for a mouth!
The ladder of schools is complete: ordering (the Vasus) — purification (the Rudras) — boundlessness (the Ādityas) — onset (the Maruts) — and attainedness (the Sādhyas: the very name means "those who are attained"): the fifth communion makes a man into that which is striven for — a goal, and not only a wayfarer. And his meal is no longer distinguishable from communion with God: to eat with Brahman's mouth is to taste as the Absolute tastes; further on in this book there is only the sun that does not set.