Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 1,12.3
॥
Devanāgarī
तान् ह उवाच इह एव मा प्रातः उपसमीयत इति तत् ह बकः दाल्भ्यः ग्लावः वा मैत्रेयः प्रतिपालयाम् चकार
Transliteración (IAST)
tān ha uvāca iha eva mā prātaḥ upasamīyata iti tat ha bakaḥ dālbhyaḥ glāvaḥ vā maitreyaḥ pratipālayām cakāra
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
तान्tānof them; those
हhaindeed; surely
उवाचuvācahe said; He spoke
इहihahere; in this world
एवevaindeed; surely
माmānot; me
प्रातःprātaḥin the morning; in the morning
उपसमीयतupasamīyatacome together (upa-sam-√i, imperative); assemble; gather
इतिitithus; how
तत्tatthat; this
हhaindeed; surely
बकःbakaḥBaka; the sage Baka
दाल्भ्यःdālbhyaḥDālbhya; a descendant of Dalbha
ग्लावःglāvaḥGlāva; the sage Glāva
वाvāverily; surely
मैत्रेयःmaitreyaḥMaitreya; a descendant of Mitra
प्रतिपालयाम्pratipālayāmthe waiting (prati-√pāl — 'to watch for a time'); the biding; the awaiting
चकारcakāraHe made; I have performed
Traducción
He said to them: "Come together to me here in the morning." And Baka Dālbhya — or Glāva Maitreya — set himself to wait.
Versión
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The white dog appoints a service: iha eva mā prātar upasamīyāta — "come together to me here in the morning": the liturgy is at dawn, the hour of the real services (the morning pressing of soma!). And an astonishing detail: tat ha… pratipālayāṁ cakāra — "[Baka] set himself to wait": the ṛṣi stays to watch — reverently, as one waits for a revelation, not for a spectacle.
A sage waiting for morning to see how dogs pray is an image of knowledge's genuine humility: Baka is a knower of the udgītha (we met him in khaṇḍa 2!), yet he does not think it beneath him to learn more from a vision. Revelation is indifferent as to whose lips it speaks by: the Kena showed gods who failed to recognise Brahman; the Chāndogya will show dogs who know the service — and a sage who learns from them.