Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 5,2.6
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ प्रतिसृप्य अञ्जलौ मन्थम् आधाय जपति अमः नामासि अमा हि ते सर्वम् इदम् सः हि ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठः राजाधिपतिः सः मा ज्यैष्ठ्यम् श्रैष्ठ्यम् राज्यम् आधिपत्यम् गमयतु अहम् एव इदम् सर्वम् असानि इति
Transliteración (IAST)
atha pratisṛpya añjalau mantham ādhāya japati amaḥ nāmāsi amā hi te sarvam idam saḥ hi jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ rājādhipatiḥ saḥ mā jyaiṣṭhyam śraiṣṭhyam rājyam ādhipatyam gamayatu aham eva idam sarvam asāni iti
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अथathathereupon; then
प्रतिसृप्यpratisṛpyahaving drawn back (prati + √sṛp — 'to creep back'); having stepped away; having withdrawn
अञ्जलौañjalauinto his cupped hands (añjali — the hollowed palms); into his joined palms; into the hollow of his hands
मन्थम्manthamthe mantha; the mixed draught
आधायādhāyahaving placed; having laid under
जपतिjapatihe murmurs (from √jap — 'to mutter'); he repeats in a whisper; he performs the japa
अमःamaḥAma (ama — 'the one who holds with himself'; a play on amā — 'with, together'); the name 'Ama'; Ama
नामासिnāmāsiyou are by name; your name is
अमाamātogether; with me
हिhiindeed; truly
तेteto you; for you
सर्वम्sarvamall; entirely
इदम्idamthis; thus
सःsaḥhe; that one
हिhiindeed; truly
ज्येष्ठःjyeṣṭhaḥthe eldest; the foremost
श्रेष्ठःśreṣṭhaḥthe best; the most excellent
राजाधिपतिःrājādhipatiḥthe king and supreme lord (rāja-adhipati); the sovereign over all; king over kings
सःsaḥhe; that one
माmānot; me
ज्यैष्ठ्यम्jyaiṣṭhyamto seniority (jyaiṣṭhya); to primogeniture; to seniority
श्रैष्ठ्यम्śraiṣṭhyamto pre-eminence (śraiṣṭhya); to the first place; to pre-eminence
राज्यम्rājyamto kingship (rājya); to royal power; to sovereignty
आधिपत्यम्ādhipatyamto overlordship (ādhipatya); to mastery; to supreme authority
गमयतुgamayatumay he lead me (causative of √gam); let him bring me; may he convey me
अहम्ahamI; I myself
एवevaindeed; surely
इदम्idamthis; thus
सर्वम्sarvamall; entirely
असानिasānimay I be (first person of √as, precative); let me become; may I become
इतिitithus; how
Traducción
Then, stepping back and taking the drink in his cupped hands, he murmurs: "Your name is Ama; with you is all this gathered. He is the eldest, the best, the king and supreme lord. May he lead me to seniority, to excellence, to kingship and lordship. May I be all this!"
Versión
9e1f1e7ef9cb · publicado 26 jul 2026, 23:26:36 UTC
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The rite's culmination is the japa, a murmur over the cupped hands. The drink is addressed by name: Ama, "the One who holds all with him": amā in Vedic means "with, together", and the prayer at once plays upon it: amā hi te sarvam idam — "with you is all this". In a cup that has gathered all the herbs and all the oblations, the suppliant holds the image of Him with whom all things are.
The prayer climbs by degrees: "the eldest, the best, the king and supreme lord" (rājādhipati). This is no longer the physiology of breath — it is a confession of the Sovereign of life. And the petition is rightly framed: "may he lead me" (gamayatu) — greatness is not seized but bestowed; the petitioner asks not for strength to grasp but for the mercy of being raised. The closing "may I be all this" is not a wish to swallow the world but to enter the fullness of life in the presence of Him who holds it: a king's servant shares in the kingdom — not by the throne but by nearness.