Library·Chāndogya Upaniṣad·5·5.4

Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.4

ChU 5.4.1

असौ वाव लोको गौतमाग्निः । तस्यादित्य एव समित् । रश्मयो धूमः । अहर् अर्चिः । चन्द्रमा अङ्गाराः । नक्षत्राणि विस्फुलिङ्गाः

asau vāva loko gautamāgniḥ | tasyāditya eva samit | raśmayo dhūmaḥ | ahar arciḥ | candramā aṅgārāḥ | nakṣatrāṇi visphuliṅgāḥ

'The altar (on which the sacrifice is supposed to be offered) is that world (heaven), O Gautama; its fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars.

Translated by F. Max Müller

ChU 5.4.2

तस्मिन्न् एतस्मिन्न् अग्नौ देवाः श्रद्धां जुह्वति । तस्या आहुतेः सोमो राजा संभवति

tasminn etasminn agnau devāḥ śraddhāṃ juhvati | tasyā āhuteḥ somo rājā saṃbhavati

'On that altar the Devas (or prânas, represented by Agni, &c.) offer the sraddhâ libation (consisting of water). From that oblation rises Soma, the king (the moon).

Translated by F. Max Müller