Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 1,2.1
॥
Devanāgarī
देवासुराः ह वै यत्र संयेतिरे उभये प्राजापत्याः तद् ध देवाः उद्गीथम् आजह्रुः अनेन एनान् अभिभविष्यामः इति
Transliteración (IAST)
devāsurāḥ ha vai yatra saṃyetire ubhaye prājāpatyāḥ tad dha devāḥ udgītham ājahruḥ anena enān abhibhaviṣyāmaḥ iti
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
देवासुराःdevāsurāḥthe gods and the asuras; the devas and their adversaries
हhaindeed; surely
वैvaiverily; indeed
यत्रyatrawhere; when
संयेतिरेsaṃyetirethey contended (sam-√yat); they entered into contest; they came to grips
उभयेubhayeboth kinds; both sides
प्राजापत्याःprājāpatyāḥthe descendants of Prajāpati (prājāpatya); Prajāpati's own; children of the Lord of creatures
तद्tadthat; this
धdhasurely; indeed
देवाःdevāḥthe gods; divine powers
उद्गीथम्udgīthamthe udgītha; the exalted chant
आजह्रुःājahruḥthey took up (ā-√hṛ, perfect); they had recourse to; they brought
अनेनanenaby this; by means of this
एनान्enānof them; of these
अभिभविष्यामःabhibhaviṣyāmaḥwe shall overcome; we shall surpass
इतिitithus; how
Traducción
When the gods and the asuras — both descendants of Prajāpati — joined battle, the gods took up the udgītha: "By this we shall overcome them."
Versión
438a05592c38 · publicado 26 jul 2026, 22:28:09 UTC
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The parable of the war over the udgītha begins. devāsurā ha vai yatra saṁyetire — "when the gods and the asuras contended": and the Upaniṣad at once states their kinship: ubhaye prājāpatyāḥ — "both are Prajāpati's": light and darkness are brothers, children of one Father; the war of good and evil is creation's civil war, waged, as the parable will show, inside every organ of every one of us.
tad dha devā udgītham ājahruḥ — "then the gods took up the udgītha": the weapon chosen is a chant! Not a thunderbolt, not a mace, but the lifting of sound: anena enān abhibhaviṣyāma iti — "by this we shall overcome them". The gods of the Chāndogya wage war with liturgy: against disintegration, the order of a song; against chaos, harmony. Next it will be shown where that weapon has its vulnerable points — and where its invulnerable edge lies.