Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,13.5
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ यः अस्य ऊर्ध्वः सुषिः सः उदानः सः वायुः सः आकाशः तत् एतत् ओजः च महः च इति उपासीत ओजस्वी महस्वान् भवति यः एवम् वेद
Transliteration (IAST)
atha yaḥ asya ūrdhvaḥ suṣiḥ saḥ udānaḥ saḥ vāyuḥ saḥ ākāśaḥ tat etat ojaḥ ca mahaḥ ca iti upāsīta ojasvī mahasvān bhavati yaḥ evam veda
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अस्यasyaof this; it
ऊर्ध्वःūrdhvaḥupward; the upper
सुषिःsuṣiḥthe aperture; the passage
सःsaḥhe; that one
उदानःudānaḥthe udāna; the upward breath
सःsaḥhe; that one
वायुःvāyuḥthe wind; Vāyu
सःsaḥhe; that one
आकाशःākāśaḥspace; ether
तत्tatthat; this
एतत्etatthis; all this
ओजःojaḥvigour (ojas); strength and firmness; might
चcaand; as well as
महःmahaḥgreatness (mahas); the greatness; greatness
चcaand; as well as
इतिitithus; how
उपासीतupāsītalet him venerate; one should contemplate
ओजस्वीojasvīstrong; possessed of vital vigour
महस्वान्mahasvānpossessed of greatness; great
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवम्evamthus; in this way
वेदvedaknows; understands
Translation
Its upper gate is the udāna; that is Vāyu, that is space. One should venerate it as "vigour and greatness". Vigorous and great becomes he who knows thus.
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The upper gate is the heart's zenith: the udāna — Vāyu — ākāśa: the upward-leading breath (which carries the soul aloft — Praśna 3.7!), the wind, and the expanse itself: the gate of the vertical. Its veneration is ojaś ca mahaś ca — "vigour and greatness" (mahas is that very "Great", the fourth vyāhṛti of the Taittirīya!).
The five gates have been walked: east-sun, south-moon, west-fire, north-rain, above-space: the heart proves to be a temple of five sides, joined to the whole universe by five breaths. The upper gate is the one by which men go out to the Standing sun: its warder, the udāna, will carry the knower along the vertical (and hence its gift is vigour and greatness: the vertical takes strength).