Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,18.5
॥
Devanāgarī
चक्षुः एव ब्रह्मणः चतुर्थः पादः सः आदित्येन ज्योतिषा भाति च तपति च भाति च तपति च कीर्त्या यशसा ब्रह्मवर्चसेन यः एवम् वेद
Transliteration (IAST)
cakṣuḥ eva brahmaṇaḥ caturthaḥ pādaḥ saḥ ādityena jyotiṣā bhāti ca tapati ca bhāti ca tapati ca kīrtyā yaśasā brahmavarcasena yaḥ evam veda
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
चक्षुःcakṣuḥthe eye; sight
एवevaindeed; surely
ब्रह्मणःbrahmaṇaḥof Brahman; of the Absolute
चतुर्थःcaturthaḥthe fourth; a quarter part
पादःpādaḥquarter; foot
सःsaḥhe; that one
आदित्येनādityenaby the sun; by Āditya
ज्योतिषाjyotiṣāby light; by the radiance
भातिbhātiis radiant; shines
चcaand; as well as
तपतिtapatiwarms; blazes
चcaand; as well as
भातिbhātiis radiant; shines
चcaand; as well as
तपतिtapatiwarms; blazes
चcaand; as well as
कीर्त्याkīrtyāwith fame; with renown
यशसाyaśasāwith fame; with renown
ब्रह्मवर्चसेनbrahmavarcasenawith brahmanical lustre; with spiritual lustre
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवम्evamthus; in this way
वेदvedaknows; understands
Translation
The eye is a fourth part of Brahman: by the light of the sun it shines and warms. With fame, renown and sacred lustre shines and warms he who knows thus.
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The third foot: cakṣus, the eye, and its luminary is Āditya: sight shines by the sun (the eye is a solar organ: the Aitareya derived the sun from the eye!): a glance is a ray, and for the knower this is no metaphor: to look is to shine.
The fruit is the same, a shining and a warmth of fame: he whose gaze is a foot of Brahman looks with blessing: people are warmed by his glance as by the sun. There are gazes that are frosts and gazes that are sunrises: the third foot of the upāsanā cultivates the latter.