Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya)
by Ganganatha Jha | 1942 | 149,749 words | ISBN-10: 8170842840 | ISBN-13: 9788170842842
This is the English translation of the Chandogya Upanishad, an ancient philosophical text originally written in Sanksrit and dating to at least the 8th century BCE. Having eight chapters (adhyayas) and many sub-sections (khandas), this text is counted among the largest of it's kind. The Chandogya Upanishad, being connected to the Samaveda, represen...
Section 3.7 (seventh khaṇḍa) (four texts)
Upaniṣad text:
That which is the second nectar, upon that the Rudras live, through the lead of Indra. Verily, the Deities do not eat, nor do they drink; they are satisfied by merely looking upon this nectar.—(1)
They retire into this colour; they rise from this colour.—(2)
One who knows this nectar thus becomes one of the Rudras. and through the lead of Indra becomes satisfied by looking upon this nectar; he retires into this colour and rises from this colour.—(3)
As long as the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West,—and twice as long does it rise towards the South and sets towards the North,—so long does the man attain sovereignty of the Rudras, the kingdom of Heaven.—(4)
Commentary (Śaṅkara Bhāṣya):
That which is the second nectar, or that the Rudras live etc., etc.,—as before.—As long as the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.—twice as long does it rise towards the South and set towards the North.—this is the direction of the Rudras’ experience.—(1-4)
End of Section (7) of Discourse III.