Library·Chāndogya Upaniṣad·6·6.3

Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.3

तेषां खल्व् एषां भूतानां त्रीण्य् एव बीजानि भवन्त्य् आण्डजं जीवजम् उद्भिज्जम् इति

teṣāṃ khalv eṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ trīṇy eva bījāni bhavanty āṇḍajaṃ jīvajam udbhijjam iti

'Of all living things there are indeed three origins only, that which springs from an egg (oviparous), that which springs from a living being (viviparous), and that which springs from a germ.

Translated by F. Max Müller

सेयं देवतैक्षत । हन्ताहम् इमास् तिस्रो देवता अनेन जीवेनात्मनानुप्रविश्य नामरूपे व्याकरवाणीति

seyaṃ devataikṣata | hantāham imās tisro devatā anena jīvenātmanānupraviśya nāmarūpe vyākaravāṇīti

'That Being (i.e. that which had produced fire, water, and earth) thought, let me now enter those three beings (fire, water, earth) with this living Self (gîva âtmâ), and let me then reveal (develop) names and forms.

Translated by F. Max Müller

तासां त्रिवृतं त्रिवृतम् एकैकां करवाणीति । सेयं देवतेमास् तिस्रो देवता अनेनैव जीवेनात्मनानुप्रविश्य नामरूपे व्याकरोत्

tāsāṃ trivṛtaṃ trivṛtam ekaikāṃ karavāṇīti | seyaṃ devatemās tisro devatā anenaiva jīvenātmanānupraviśya nāmarūpe vyākarot

'Then that Being having said, Let me make each of these three tripartite (so that fire, water, and earth should each have itself for its principal ingredient, besides an admixture of the other two) entered into those three beings (devatâ) with this living self only, and revealed names and forms.

Translated by F. Max Müller

तासां त्रिवृतं त्रिवृतम् एकैकाम् अकरोत् । यथा तु खलु सोम्येमास् तिस्रो देवतास् त्रिवृत् त्रिवृद् एकैका भवति तन् मे विजानीहीति

tāsāṃ trivṛtaṃ trivṛtam ekaikām akarot | yathā tu khalu somyemās tisro devatās trivṛt trivṛd ekaikā bhavati tan me vijānīhīti

'He made each of these tripartite; and how these three beings become each of them tripartite, that learn from me now, my friend!

Translated by F. Max Müller