Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation)
by Swami Lokeswarananda | 165,421 words | ISBN-10: 8185843910 | ISBN-13: 9788185843919
This is the English translation of the Chandogya-upanishad, including a commentary based on Swami Lokeswarananda鈥檚 weekly discourses; incorporating extracts from Shankara鈥檚 bhasya. The Chandogya Upanishad is a major Hindu philosophical text incorporated in the Sama Veda, and dealing with meditation and Brahman. This edition includes the Sanskrit t...
Verse 5.21.1
啶呧ぅ 啶ぞ啶� 啶む啶む啶ぞ啶� 啶溹啶灌啶ぞ啶む啶むぞ啶� 啶溹啶灌啶ぞ啶︵お啶距え啶距く 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶灌啶む啶お啶距え啶膏啶む啶啶い啶� 啷� 啷�.啷ㄠェ.啷� 啷�
atha y膩峁� t峁泃墨y膩峁� juhuy膩tt膩峁� juhuy膩dap膩n膩ya sv膩hety补辫腻苍补s迟峁沺测补迟颈 || 5.21.1 ||
1. When he [the eater] offers the third oblation, he offers it saying, 鈥楢p膩n膩ya 蝉惫腻丑腻鈥� [I offer this as an oblation to 补辫腻苍补]. With this, 补辫腻苍补 becomes pleased.
Word-for-word explanation:
Atha, next; y膩m t峁泃墨y膩m juhuy膩t, when he offers the third [oblation]; t膩m juhuy膩t, he offers that; ap膩n膩ya 蝉惫腻丑腻 iti, [with the mantra] 鈥楢p膩n膩ya 蝉惫腻丑腻鈥�; 补辫腻苍补岣� 迟峁沺测补迟颈, [then] 补辫腻苍补 is pleased.
Commentary:
Ap膩na is the aspect of the vital force responsible for elimination of waste from the body.