Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 6,3.5
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ एनम् उद्यच्छति आमंस्य् आमं हि ते महि सः हि राजेशानो अधिपतिः सः मां राजेशानो अधिपतिं करोतु इति
Transliteration (IAST)
atha enam udyacchati āmaṃsy āmaṃ hi te mahi saḥ hi rājeśāno adhipatiḥ saḥ māṃ rājeśāno adhipatiṃ karotu iti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; further
एनम्enamthis; it
उद्यच्छतिudyacchatihe lifts it up (ud + √yam); he raises; lifts
आमंस्य्āmaṃsythe raw strength; the raw nourishment
आमंāmaṃraw strength; the raw nourishment
हिhiindeed; truly
तेtethose; these
महिmahithe great; the glorious
सःsaḥhe; that one
हिhiindeed; truly
राजेशानोrājeśānothe sovereign lord (rāja-īśāna); the royal lord; the sovereign lord
अधिपतिःadhipatiḥthe overlord (adhipati); the supreme master; the sovereign
सःsaḥhe; that one
मांmāṃme; to me
राजेशानोrājeśānothe sovereign lord (rāja-īśāna); the royal lord; the sovereign lord
अधिपतिंadhipatiṃas overlord; as lord
करोतुkarotulet him make (from √kṛ, imperative); let him make; let him make
इतिitithus; how
Translation
Then he lifts it up: "You are strength: for the might [of all] is with you. He is king, lord, ruler: may he make me king, lord, ruler!"
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The lifting of the cup comes with a prayer for power: āmaṁsi — "you are strength-and-might", and the petition: "He is king, lord, ruler (rājā īśāno 'dhipatiḥ) — may he make me the same…". Note the theology of the gesture: greatness is asked not of the drink but of Him, the King, by whose power the cup is full; the mantha is the means, the Lord the giver.
So the rite of desire remains a piety: even when asking for power, the Vedic man asks it of Power, acknowledging the source. A desire offered with a bow is already half purified.