उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 3,1.3
॥
देवनागरी
एतम् ऋग्वेदम् अभ्यतपन् तस्य अभितप्तस्य यशः तेजः इन्द्रियम् वीर्यम् अन्नाद्यम् रसः अजायत
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
etam ṛgvedam abhyatapan tasya abhitaptasya yaśaḥ tejaḥ indriyam vīryam annādyam rasaḥ ajāyata
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एतम्etamit; of this
ऋग्वेदम्ṛgvedamthe Ṛg-veda; the knowledge of hymns
अभ्यतपन्abhyatapanthey warmed it (abhi-√tap); they heated it [with tapas]; they brooded over it
तस्यtasyait; concerning this
अभितप्तस्यabhitaptasyaof what was heated; heated by austerity
यशःyaśaḥglory (yaśas); honour; glory
तेजःtejaḥthe blaze; the fiery power
इन्द्रियम्indriyamthe power of the senses (indriya); the vigour of the senses; sensory strength
वीर्यम्vīryammight (vīrya); valour; power
अन्नाद्यम्annādyamfood and victuals (annādya); victuals; what is edible
रसःrasaḥthe sap; essence
अजायतajāyatawas born; came to be
अनुवाद
brooded upon this Ṛg-veda; from it, so brooded upon, its sap was born: glory, splendour, power of the senses, might, and food.
संस्करण
d91f74587b37 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 10:54:28 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The bees at their work: etam ṛgvedam abhyatapan — "they brooded upon the Ṛg-veda": tapas as a hatching (the same verb by which Prajāpati brooded upon the worlds!): the ṛcs brood upon their own corpus — and out of what is brooded upon is pressed the rasa, the sap: yaśas — glory, tejas — splendour, indriyam — power of the senses, vīryam — might, annādyam — food.
The fivefold sap is the standard formula of living wealth: this is what is boiled out of a Veda when it is heated — that is, cultivated by recitation, by the warmth of repetition: texts not heated by practice give no honey. The sun's hive is replenished through tapas over the word: everyone who reads with fervour is a bee upon the flower of the Ṛg-veda.