Library·Chāndogya Upaniṣad·5·5.9

Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.9

इति तु पञ्चम्याम् आहुताव् आपः पुरुषवचसो भवन्तीति । स उल्बावृतो गर्भो दश वा नव वा मासान् अन्तः शयित्वा यावद् वाथ जायते

iti tu pañcamyām āhutāv āpaḥ puruṣavacaso bhavantīti | sa ulbāvṛto garbho daśa vā nava vā māsān antaḥ śayitvā yāvad vātha jāyate

'For this reason is water in the fifth oblation called Man. This germ, covered in the womb, having dwelt there ten months, or more or less, is born.

Translated by F. Max Müller

स जातो यावदायुषं जीवति । तं प्रेतं दिष्टम् इतो ऽग्नय एव हरन्ति यत एवेतो यतः संभूतो भवति

sa jāto yāvadāyuṣaṃ jīvati | taṃ pretaṃ diṣṭam ito 'gnaya eva haranti yata eveto yataḥ saṃbhūto bhavati

'When born, he lives whatever the length of his life may be. When he has departed, his friends carry him, as appointed, to the fire (of the funeral pile) from whence he came, from whence he sprang.

Translated by F. Max Müller