Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 2,24.4
॥
Devanāgarī
लोकद्वारम् अपावार्णु पश्येम त्वा वयम् राज्याय हुम् आज्याय इति
Transliteración (IAST)
lokadvāram apāvārṇu paśyema tvā vayam rājyāya hum ājyāya iti
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
लोकद्वारम्lokadvāramthe door of the world (loka-dvāra); the gate of the world; the world-door
अपावार्णुapāvārṇuopen (apa-ā-√vṛ, imperative); be opened; fly open
पश्येमpaśyemamay we see (optative of √paś); may we behold; let us see
त्वाtvāyou; to you
वयम्vayamwe; we ourselves
राज्यायrājyāyafor the sake of kingship (rājya); for a kingdom; for royalty
हुम्humhum; the call hum
आज्यायājyāyafor the sake of shining sovereignty; for pre-eminence
इतिitithus; how
Traducción
"Door of the world, open! May we see you — for the sake of kingship. Huṁ!"
Versión
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The song of the door: loka-dvāram apāvṛṇu — "door of the world, open!": paśyema tvā vayam — "may we see you": rājyāya — "for the sake of kingship": the sacrificer asks not for things but for a seeing: let the door of his world be opened, and let him see — the world itself? the kingship itself? A door one asks to have opened for the sake of seeing is the prayer of all prayers (the Īśa: "draw back the covering, that I may see!").
huṁ is the stobha that seals it (that roving syllable of the Unuttered from 1.13!): the request is fastened with a sound beyond words. Three times this song will sound in the day of the sacrifice — at the three doors of the three hours: the morning one (kingship), the midday one (the breadth of dominion), the evening one (sole sovereignty): each hour has its own door and its own measure of what is opened.