Upanishads · Chāndogya 6,3.3
॥
Devanāgarī
तासाम् त्रिवृतम् त्रिवृतम् एकैकाम् करवाणि इति सा इयम् देवता इमाः तिस्रः देवताः अनेन एव जीवेन आत्मना अनुप्रविश्य नामरूपे व्याकरोत्
Transliteration (IAST)
tāsām trivṛtam trivṛtam ekaikām karavāṇi iti sā iyam devatā imāḥ tisraḥ devatāḥ anena eva jīvena ātmanā anupraviśya nāmarūpe vyākarot
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तासाम्tāsāmof them; for them
त्रिवृतम्trivṛtamthreefold (trivṛt — 'thrice twined'); triple; threefold in composition
त्रिवृतम्trivṛtamthreefold (trivṛt — 'thrice twined'); triple; threefold in composition
एकैकाम्ekaikāmeach one (eka-ekā — 'one after another'); one by one; every one of them
करवाणिkaravāṇilet me make (first person of √kṛ, precative); let me create; let me do it
इतिitithus; how
साsāshe; that one
इयम्iyamthis; she
देवताdevatāthe deity; divine power
इमाःimāḥthese; these here
तिस्रःtisraḥthree (feminine); the three; the triad
देवताःdevatāḥdeities; the powers
अनेनanenaby this; by means of this
एवevaindeed; surely
जीवेनjīvenaby the living being; by the jīva
आत्मनाātmanāby the self; with the self
अनुप्रविश्यanupraviśyahaving entered within; having penetrated
नामरूपेnāmarūpename and form; designation and form
व्याकरोत्vyākarotit unfolded them (vi-ā + √kṛ, imperfect); it disclosed them; it developed them
Translation
"Each of them I shall make threefold, threefold!" And that deity, having entered these three deities with this very living ātman, unfolded names and forms.
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The resolve is carried out to the letter: Being enters — and unfolds. The repetition of the words of the resolve in the account of its fulfilment is a Vedic seal of fidelity: in Being there is no gap between "said" and "did"; his word is his deed.
A new detail is "each I shall make threefold": heat, waters and food will be so interwoven that in any phenomenon of the world all three threads are present. Of this "tripling" (trivṛt-karaṇa) the father will now speak in detail; note only its sense: the world is not sorted onto clean shelves of elements — it is woven, and at every point of the cloth all the threads meet. Hence knowing it proceeds not by an inventory of things but by a recognition of the threads — and of the Weaver.