Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 2,24.7
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Devanāgarī
पुरा माध्यन्दिनस्य सवनस्य उपाकरणात् जघनेन अग्नीध्रीयस्य उदाङ्मुखः उपविश्य सः रौद्रम् साम अभिगायति
Transliteración (IAST)
purā mādhyandinasya savanasya upākaraṇāt jaghanena agnīdhrīyasya udāṅmukhaḥ upaviśya saḥ raudram sāma abhigāyati
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
पुराpurābefore; earlier
माध्यन्दिनस्यmādhyandinasyaof the midday; belonging to midday
सवनस्यsavanasyaof the soma-pressing; of the soma-libation
उपाकरणात्upākaraṇātbefore the beginning; before setting to work
जघनेनjaghanenabehind; from the western side
अग्नीध्रीयस्यagnīdhrīyasyaof the āgnīdhrīya (āgnīdhrīya — the fire of the kindling priest); of the agnīdh's fire; of the kindler's fire
उदाङ्मुखःudāṅmukhaḥfacing north; facing northward
उपविश्यupaviśyahaving sat down; seating himself
सःsaḥhe; that one
रौद्रम्raudrambelonging to the Rudras (raudra); the raudra sāman; the Rudra-chant
सामsāmathe sāman; the chant
अभिगायतिabhigāyatisings; he sings out
Traducción
Before the beginning of the midday pressing, sitting down behind the āgnīdhrīya fire, facing north, he sings the sāman of the Rudras:
Versión
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The second door is the midday one: the same order at a different fire: jaghanenāgnīdhrīyasya — "behind the āgnīdhrīya" (the fire of the kindler, the āgnīdh priest): noon belongs to the Rudras — the terrible, the purifying — and they have their own approach: raudraṁ sāma — the raudra sāman.
The change of fire and addressee within the same order is a liturgical grammar: each hour of the day is unlocked by its own key at its own keyhole: there is no master key to heaven: one who knows distinguishes hours, fires and hosts — and that is why he is let in (while the ignorant, per 2.24.2, "how shall he perform?").