Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,11.1
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ ततः ऊर्ध्वः उदेत्य न एव उदेता न अस्तम् एत एकलः एव मध्ये स्थाता तत् एषः श्लोकः
Transliteration (IAST)
atha tataḥ ūrdhvaḥ udetya na eva udetā na astam eta ekalaḥ eva madhye sthātā tat eṣaḥ ślokaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
ततःtataḥthan this; from that
ऊर्ध्वःūrdhvaḥupward; the upper
उदेत्यudetyahaving risen (ud-√i); having risen; mounting up
नnanot; no
एवevaindeed; surely
उदेताudetāhe will rise; he shall rise
नnanot; no
अस्तम्astamtoward the setting; to its vanishing
एतetagoes; moves
एकलःekalaḥalone, single (ekala); solitary; single
एवevaindeed; surely
मध्येmadhyein the middle; in the middle
स्थाताsthātāit stands (sthātṛ — 'the stander'); abides; is established
तत्tatthat; this
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
श्लोकःślokaḥa verse; a stanza
Translation
And then, having risen from there on high, it no longer rises or sets: alone it stands in the middle. Of this there is this verse:
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The culmination of the science of honey: atha tata ūrdhva udetya — "then, having risen from there on high" — naivodetā nāstam etā — "it no longer rises or sets": ekala eva madhye sthātā — "ALONE it stands in the middle"!
Past the fifth epoch the sun steps out of the game of risings altogether: no longer a luminary going round the quarters but a Light standing motionless at the centre: ekala — "solitary, sole" — the sun beyond movement: that unsetting Light which "neither rises nor sets", the eternal noon of Reality. All five epochs with their overturnings of the sky were an ascent toward this: motion is used up, and Standing remains: time has an end, and it is not darkness but an unfading light (Gītā 15.6: "neither sun nor moon lights that place… that is My abode").