Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 5,5.2
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्मिन् एतस्मिन् अग्नौ देवाः सोमम् राजानम् जुह्वति तस्याः आहुतेः वर्षम् संभवति
Transliteración (IAST)
tasmin etasmin agnau devāḥ somam rājānam juhvati tasyāḥ āhuteḥ varṣam saṃbhavati
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
तस्मिन्tasminin It; in this
एतस्मिन्etasminin this; in this
अग्नौagnauin the fire; when fire
देवाःdevāḥthe gods; divine powers
सोमम्somamSoma (accusative of soma); King Soma; Soma
राजानम्rājānamthe king (rājan); the sovereign; the lord
जुह्वतिjuhvatibring; they make the oblation
तस्याःtasyāḥout of her; it
आहुतेःāhuteḥout of the oblation; from the offering
वर्षम्varṣamrain (varṣa); the downpour; the rain-waters
संभवतिsaṃbhavatiarises; becomes
Traducción
Into this fire the gods offer King Soma. From this oblation rain is born.
Versión
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The second oblation: Soma, born of faith on the heavenly altar, is poured into the fire of the thunderstorm — and is transmuted into rain. The chain has begun to descend: the subtle thickens, the heavenly prepares to become earthly. Each step is not a mechanical cause but a sacrifice: the gods "offer" (juhvati), and only out of what is offered is the next thing "born".
It is worth hearing that verb: rain does not "fall" — it is born of an oblation. The world is held together by an unbroken sacrificial exchange, and the Gītā refers directly to this ladder: "from rain comes food, from sacrifice rain" (BG 3.14). A cessation of sacrifice is a drought not metaphorical but literal: where faith runs dry, the sky dries up too.