Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 1,6.7
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्य यथा कप्यासम् पुण्डरीकम् एवम् अक्षिणी तस्य उद् इति नाम सः एषः सर्वेभ्यः पाप्मभ्यः उदितः उदेति ह वै सर्वेभ्यः पाप्मभ्यः यः एवम् वेद
Transliteración (IAST)
tasya yathā kapyāsam puṇḍarīkam evam akṣiṇī tasya ud iti nāma saḥ eṣaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpmabhyaḥ uditaḥ udeti ha vai sarvebhyaḥ pāpmabhyaḥ yaḥ evam veda
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
यथाyathāhow; like
कप्यासम्kapyāsam[a lotus] opened by the sun (kapyāsa — the compared word being glossed); freshly opened; sun-opened
पुण्डरीकम्puṇḍarīkamthe lotus (puṇḍarīka — the white or red lotus); the lotus-flower; the lotus
एवम्evamthus; in this way
अक्षिणीakṣiṇīthe two eyes (akṣi, dual); the two eyes; the eyes
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
उद्udUd; the raised
इतिitithus; how
नामnāmathe name; appellation
सःsaḥhe; that one
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
सर्वेभ्यःsarvebhyaḥout of all; from all
पाप्मभ्यःpāpmabhyaḥabove sins (pāpman); higher than sins; from all defilements
उदितःuditaḥrisen (ud-ita); risen; uplifted
उदेतिudetirises; ascends
हhaindeed; surely
वैvaiverily; indeed
सर्वेभ्यःsarvebhyaḥout of all; from all
पाप्मभ्यःpāpmabhyaḥabove sins (pāpman); higher than sins; from all defilements
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एवम्evamthus; in this way
वेदvedaknows; understands
Traducción
His eyes are as a lotus opened by the sun. His name is "Ud": for he has risen [udita] above all evils. He too rises above all evils who knows thus.
Versión
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The portrait continues — and reaches its summit: tasya yathā kapyāsaṁ puṇḍarīkam evam akṣiṇī — "his eyes are as a lotus opened [by the sun]": the most famous of comparisons: the eyes of the solar Puruṣa are like a freshly blown crimson lotus (kapyāsa is a much-construed word; the tradition guarded its high sense for centuries: Rāmānuja, so the story goes, corrected his teacher's demeaning gloss with tears — the Lord's eyes can be likened only to the perfection of a morning lotus). Lotus-eyedness is the eternal seal of Viṣṇu: puṇḍarīkākṣa!
tasya ud iti nāma — "his name is Ud": sa eṣa sarvebhyaḥ pāpmabhya uditaḥ — "for he has risen (udita) above all evils": a name-syllable taken from "udgītha" itself (ud-gītha — "the singing of Ud"!): every udgītha, it turns out, sings His name: "the Risen One". udeti ha vai sarvebhyaḥ pāpmabhyo ya evaṁ veda — "and he who knows thus rises above all evils": one who contemplates the Sinless ascends out of sin — not by the labour of scrubbing but by the pull of the Image: we grow into what we look at.