Library·Chāndogya Upaniṣad·3·3.1
असौ वा आदित्यो देवमधु । तस्य द्यौर् एव तिरश्चीनवंशः । अन्तरिक्षम् अपूपः । मरीचयः पुत्राः
asau vā ādityo devamadhu | tasya dyaur eva tiraścīnavaṃśaḥ | antarikṣam apūpaḥ | marīcayaḥ putrāḥ
The sun is indeed the honey of the Devas. The heaven is the cross-beam (from which) the sky (hangs as) a hive, and the bright vapours are the eggs of the bees.
Translated by F. Max Müller
तस्य ये प्राञ्चो रश्मयस् ता एवास्य प्राच्यो मधुनाड्यः । ऋच एव मधुकृतः । ऋग्वेद एव पुष्पम् । ता अमृता आपः । ता वा एता ऋचः
tasya ye prāñco raśmayas tā evāsya prācyo madhunāḍyaḥ | ṛca eva madhukṛtaḥ | ṛgveda eva puṣpam | tā amṛtā āpaḥ | tā vā etā ṛcaḥ
The eastern rays of the sun are the honey-cells in front. The Rik verses are the bees, the Rig-veda (sacrifice) is the flower, the water (of the sacrificial libations) is the nectar (of the flower).
Translated by F. Max Müller
एतम् ऋग्वेदम् अभ्यतपन् । तस्याभितप्तस्य यशस् तेज इन्द्रियं वीर्यम् अन्नाद्यं रसो ऽजायत
etam ṛgvedam abhyatapan | tasyābhitaptasya yaśas teja indriyaṃ vīryam annādyaṃ raso 'jāyata
Those very Rik verses then (as bees) brooded over the Rig-veda sacrifice (the flower); and from it, thus brooded on, sprang as its (nectar) essence, fame, glory of countenance, vigour, strength, and health.
Translated by F. Max Müller
तद् व्यक्षरत् । तद् आदित्यम् अभितो ऽश्रयत् । तद् वा एतद् यद् एतद् आदित्यस्य रोहितं रूपम्
tad vyakṣarat | tad ādityam abhito 'śrayat | tad vā etad yad etad ādityasya rohitaṃ rūpam
That (essence) flowed forth and went towards the sun. And that forms what we call the red (rohita) light of the rising sun.
Translated by F. Max Müller