Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,13.1
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्य ह वै एतस्य हृदयस्य पञ्च देवसुषयः सः यः अस्य प्राङ् सुषिः सः प्राणः तत् चक्षुः सः आदित्यः तत् एतत् तेजः अन्नाद्यम् इति उपासीत तेजस्वी अन्नादः भवति यः एवम् वेद
Transliteration (IAST)
tasya ha vai etasya hṛdayasya pañca devasuṣayaḥ saḥ yaḥ asya prāṅ suṣiḥ saḥ prāṇaḥ tat cakṣuḥ saḥ ādityaḥ tat etat tejaḥ annādyam iti upāsīta tejasvī annādaḥ bhavati yaḥ evam veda
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
हhaindeed; surely
वैvaiverily; indeed
एतस्यetasyaof this; from this
हृदयस्यhṛdayasyaof the heart; of the heart's centre
पञ्चpañcafive; five in number
देवसुषयःdevasuṣayaḥthe divine apertures (deva-suṣi — 'the gods' openings'); the passages of the gods; the gates of the gods
सःsaḥhe; that one
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अस्यasyaof this; it
प्राङ्prāṅeastward; forth
सुषिःsuṣiḥthe aperture, the opening (suṣi); the passage; the mouth
सःsaḥhe; that one
प्राणःprāṇaḥthe prāṇa; the vital breath
तत्tatthat; this
चक्षुःcakṣuḥthe eye; sight
सःsaḥhe; that one
आदित्यःādityaḥthe sun; Āditya
तत्tatthat; this
एतत्etatthis; all this
तेजःtejaḥthe blaze; the fiery power
अन्नाद्यम्annādyamfood and eatables; the nourishing
इतिitithus; how
उपासीतupāsītalet him venerate; one should contemplate
तेजस्वीtejasvīradiant; possessed of light
अन्नादःannādaḥan eater of food; the eater of food
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवम्evamthus; in this way
वेदvedaknows; understands
Translation
This heart has five divine gates. Its eastern gate is the prāṇa; that is sight, that is the sun. One should venerate it as "splendour and food". Resplendent and an eater of food becomes he who knows thus.
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The heart as a fortress: pañca deva-suṣayaḥ — "five divine gates" (suṣi is an opening, a passage!): the sky of the heart, like a citadel, has five gates, and each is guarded by its own breath, sense and deity. The eastern: the prāṇa — sight — the sun: the gate of the morning light: it is venerated as tejas and annādyam — "splendour and food".
The five-gated heart is an inward map on which every direction is a threefold alliance (breath–sense–god): a man is built within like a maṇḍala with an east, south, west, north and zenith. The circuit of the gates, begun at the east, is the rite of the inner city: one who knows the guard of each gate receives its gifts (and the fruit matches the gate: from the solar one, splendour and food).