Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 3,11.2
॥
Devanāgarī
न वै तत्र न निम्लोच न उदियाय कदाचन देवाः तेन अहम् सत्येन मा विराधिषि ब्रह्मणा इति
Transliteración (IAST)
na vai tatra na nimloca na udiyāya kadācana devāḥ tena aham satyena mā virādhiṣi brahmaṇā iti
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
नnanot; no
वैvaiverily; indeed
तत्रtatrathere; in this
नnanot; no
निम्लोचnimlocait has set (ni-√mruc); it went down; it sank
नnanot; no
उदियायudiyāyait has risen (ud-√i, perfect); it has come up; it has stood up
कदाचनkadācanaat any time; never
देवाःdevāḥthe gods; divine powers
तेनtenawith that; by means of this
अहम्ahamI; I myself
सत्येनsatyenaby truth; by truth
माmānot; me
विराधिषिvirādhiṣimay I [not] fall away (vi-√rādh, aorist); may I [not] be parted; may I [not] be deprived
ब्रह्मणाbrahmaṇāby Brahman; through Brahman
इतिitithus; how
Traducción
"There it has never set nor ever risen. O gods, by this truth — may I not fall away from Brahman!"
Versión
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A verse that is an oath: na vai tatra na nimloca nodiyāya kadācana — "there it never set nor ever rose": in the world of the Standing sun there has never been a single sunset: eternal light is not an achievement there but the native condition of that country. And then a prayer that is an adjuration: devās tenāhaṁ satyena mā virādhiṣi brahmaṇā — "O gods! by this truth — may I not be parted from Brahman!"
The singer calls the gods to witness and stakes the truth of the unsetting sun as a pledge of his fidelity: "by this truth I adjure you — let me not fall away!": the knowledge of the eternal light is no contemplative luxury but the soul's insurance: holding to the truth of the inseparable light, you will not be separated from the Shining One. So the science of honey runs out into prayer — as every real science of the Upaniṣads does.