Upanishads · Chāndogya 3,19.4
॥
Devanāgarī
सः यः एतम् एवम् विद्वान् आदित्यम् ब्रह्म इति उपास्ते अभ्याशः ह यत् एनम् साधवः घोषाः आ च गच्छेयुः उप च निम्रेडेरन् निम्रेडेरन्
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ yaḥ etam evam vidvān ādityam brahma iti upāste abhyāśaḥ ha yat enam sādhavaḥ ghoṣāḥ ā ca gaccheyuḥ upa ca nimreḍeran nimreḍeran
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतम्etamit; of this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
आदित्यम्ādityamthe sun; Āditya
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; sacred knowledge
इतिitithus; how
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates; beholds
अभ्याशःabhyāśaḥlikelihood; nearness
हhaindeed; surely
यत्yatwhich; that which
एनम्enamit; of this
साधवःsādhavaḥthe good; the righteous
घोषाःghoṣāḥsounds; the exclamations
आātowards; hither
चcaand; as well as
गच्छेयुःgaccheyuḥthey would come; they would reach
उपupatowards; close at hand
चcaand; as well as
निम्रेडेरन्nimreḍeranthey will delight and gladden (ni-√mreḍ, optative); they will cheer; they will comfort
निम्रेडेरन्nimreḍeranthey will delight and gladden (ni-√mreḍ, optative); they will cheer; they will comfort
Translation
He who, knowing this thus, venerates the sun as Brahman — to him, soon enough, good sounds will come and gladden him, will gladden him.
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The close of the third adhyāya: to one who venerates the sun as Brahman are promised sādhavo ghoṣāḥ — "good sounds": ā ca gaccheyur upa ca nimreḍeran — "they will come and delight him": the knower's life will fill with glad tidings and joyful cries — those very ululations that greeted the birth of the light!
The adhyāya's ring closes beautifully: it began with the honey of the sun and ends with the sun's birth from the egg and with good sounds about the knower: he who honours the Sun-Brahman lives in the acoustics of daybreak — among sounds of welcome, not sounds of threat. The third adhyāya is complete: the honey of the five nectars, the unsetting sun, the gāyatrī brought home to the heart, Śāṇḍilya ("all is Brahman; He is mine, in the heart"), the chest of the world, the life-sacrifice with Ghora's testament to Kṛṣṇa — and a world rejoicing over a newborn light. Next comes the fourth adhyāya: the stories of Jānaśruti and Raikva, of Satyakāma Jābāla — the upaniṣad of tales.