Library·Chāndogya Upaniṣad·3·3.2

Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.2

अथ ये ऽस्य दक्षिणा रश्मयस् ता एवास्य दक्षिणा मधुनाड्यः । यजूंष्य् एव मधुकृतः । यजुर्वेद एव पुष्पम् । ता अमृता आपः

atha ye 'sya dakṣiṇā raśmayas tā evāsya dakṣiṇā madhunāḍyaḥ | yajūṃṣy eva madhukṛtaḥ | yajurveda eva puṣpam | tā amṛtā āpaḥ

The southern rays of the sun are the honey-cells on the right. The Yagus verses are the bees, the Yagur-veda sacrifice is the flower, the water (of the sacrificial libations) is the nectar (of the flower).

Translated by F. Max Müller

तानि वा एतानि यजूंष्य् एतं यजुर्वेदम् अभ्यतपन् । तस्य अभितप्तस्य यशस् तेज इन्द्रियं वीर्यम् अन्नाद्यं रसो ऽजायत

tāni vā etāni yajūṃṣy etaṃ yajurvedam abhyatapan | tasya abhitaptasya yaśas teja indriyaṃ vīryam annādyaṃ raso 'jāyata

Those very Yagus verses (as bees) brooded over the Yagur-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 शुक्लं रूपम्

tad vyakṣarat | tad ādityam abhito 'śrayat | tad vā etad yad etad ādityasya śuklaṃ rūpam

That flowed forth and went towards the sun. And that forms what we call the white (sukla) light of the sun.

Translated by F. Max Müller