Upanishads · Chāndogya 4,3.4
॥
Devanāgarī
तौ वै एतौ द्वौ सम्वर्गौ वायुः एव देवेषु प्राणः प्राणेषु
Transliteration (IAST)
tau vai etau dvau samvargau vāyuḥ eva deveṣu prāṇaḥ prāṇeṣu
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तौtauthese two; both
वैvaiverily; indeed
एतौetauthese two; both
द्वौdvauthe two; both
सम्वर्गौsamvargauthe two absorbing principles; the two powers of absorption
वायुःvāyuḥthe wind; Vāyu
एवevaindeed; surely
देवेषुdeveṣuamong the gods; in the divine powers
प्राणःprāṇaḥthe prāṇa; the vital breath
प्राणेषुprāṇeṣuin the prāṇas; among the vital powers
Translation
"These two are the two Gatherers-in: Vāyu among the gods, the prāṇa among the vital powers."
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The upshot of the vidyā is a double formula: tau vā etau dvau saṁvargau — "these are the two Gatherers-in": vāyur eva deveṣu prāṇaḥ prāṇeṣu — "Vāyu among the gods, the prāṇa among the vital powers": one gathering Power with two thrones, the heavenly and the pectoral (that very identity of "this one is warm, that one is warm" from 1.3!).
The saṁvarga-vidyā is finished — brief, as all great things are: the world and man have one law of drainage: everything that subsides flows to the Breath. He who knows this becomes himself the point of confluence (the kṛta, the winning die!): good flows to one who knows the Place toward which all flows. The next scene will show the vidyā in action — upon a hungry brahmacārin and two noblemen at dinner.