Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 3,6.1
॥
Devanāgarī
तत् यत् प्रथमम् अमृतम् तत् वसवः उपजीवन्ति अग्निना मुखेन न वै देवाः अश्नन्ति न पिबन्ति एतत् एव अमृतम् दृष्ट्वा तृप्यन्ति
Transliteración (IAST)
tat yat prathamam amṛtam tat vasavaḥ upajīvanti agninā mukhena na vai devāḥ aśnanti na pibanti etat eva amṛtam dṛṣṭvā tṛpyanti
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
तत्tatthat; this
यत्yatwhich; that which
प्रथमम्prathamamthe first; the initial
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
तत्tatthat; this
वसवःvasavaḥVasu; the Vasu gods
उपजीवन्तिupajīvantithey live [on it] (upa-√jīv); they feed; they subsist upon
अग्निनाagnināAgni; by fire
मुखेनmukhenaby the mouth; through the mouth; as by an entrance
नnanot; no
वैvaiverily; indeed
देवाःdevāḥthe gods; divine powers
अश्नन्तिaśnantithey eat (from √aś); they enjoy; they consume
नnanot; no
पिबन्तिpibantithey drink; they consume
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवevaindeed; surely
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāby beholding (from √dṛś); contemplating; having beheld
तृप्यन्तिtṛpyantithey are sated (from √tṛp); they are satisfied; they are content
Traducción
On the first nectar the Vasus live — with Agni for a mouth. The gods truly do not eat or drink: by the mere sight of this nectar they are satisfied.
Versión
a6cafadbb90b · publicado 26 jul 2026, 22:54:28 UTC
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The distribution of the honey: the first nectar (the red, the Ṛg-vedic) goes to the Vasus, and they consume it agninā mukhena — "with Agni for a mouth": fire is the host's mouth (the sacrificial flame is the gate of their meal!). And then a great revelation about the gods: na vai devā aśnanti na pibanti — "the gods do not eat or drink": etad evāmṛtaṁ dṛṣṭvā tṛpyanti — "by the sight of this nectar they are satisfied"!
Nourishment by contemplation is the secret of the heavenly meal: for the higher beings it is enough to see the sweetness to be filled: a tasting by gaze, a banquet of the eye. Here is the limit toward which every refinement reaches: the higher the being, the less it needs to swallow and the more it suffices to behold: the gross eat matter, the subtle drink a spectacle, the perfect are fed by the Seen. The science of honey turns into a science of sight as the highest form of tasting — and the knower (3.6.4) will partake of this meal.