उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 3,10.1
॥
देवनागरी
अथ यत् पञ्चमम् अमृतम् तत् साध्याः उपजीवन्ति ब्रह्मणा मुखेन न वै देवाः अश्नन्ति न पिबन्ति एतत् एव अमृतम् दृष्ट्वा तृप्यन्ति
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
atha yat pañcamam amṛtam tat sādhyāḥ upajīvanti brahmaṇā mukhena na vai devāḥ aśnanti na pibanti etat eva amṛtam dṛṣṭvā tṛpyanti
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अथathathereupon; then
यत्yatwhich; that which
पञ्चमम्pañcamamthe fifth; the fifth
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
तत्tatthat; this
साध्याःsādhyāḥthe Sādhyas (sādhya — an ancient class of celestials); the Sādhya gods; 'the attainable ones'
उपजीवन्तिupajīvantithey live upon; they feed; are sustained
ब्रह्मणाbrahmaṇāby Brahman; through Brahman
मुखेनmukhenaby the mouth; through the mouth; as by an entrance
नnanot; no
वैvaiverily; indeed
देवाःdevāḥthe gods; divine powers
अश्नन्तिaśnantithey eat; they enjoy
नnanot; no
पिबन्तिpibantithey drink; they consume
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवevaindeed; surely
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen; contemplating
तृप्यन्तिtṛpyantithey are sated; they are satisfied
अनुवाद
On the fifth nectar the Sādhyas live — with Brahman for a mouth. The gods truly do not eat or drink: by the mere sight of this nectar they are satisfied.
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fifth nectar — the one that "quivers in the middle of the sun" (the honey of the secret instructions from the flower that is Brahman!) — falls to the sādhyāḥ, the Sādhyas, the most ancient and mysterious order of celestials ("those who are to be attained" — gods before the gods!), and their mouth is brahmaṇā mukhena — Brahman itself!
The summit of the distribution: the most secret honey to the most secret host — through a mouth that is neither god nor fire but the Absolute. The Sādhyas taste the sun's core with Brahman directly. Above this meal there is nothing: the fifth communion is the prototype of that "enjoying of all desires together with Brahman" (saha brahmaṇā!) which the Taittirīya promised to the knower.