Khandogya Upanishad. Ii, 9
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"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
Ninth Kha\"N"D"A.
1. Let a man meditate on the sevenfold Sman as the sun. The sun is Sman, because he is always the same (sama); he is Sman because he is the same, everybody thinking he looks towards me, he looks towards me 2.
2. Let him know that all beings are dependent on him (the sun). What he is before his rising, that is the hikra. On it animals are dependent. Therefore animals say hi (before sunrise), for they share the hikra of that Sman (the sun).
3. What he is when first risen, that is the prastva. On it men are dependent. Therefore men love praise (prastuti) and celebrity, for they share the prastva of that Sman.
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4. What he is at the time of the sagava 1, that is the di, the first, the Om. On it birds are dependent. Therefore birds fly about in the sky without support, holding themselves, for they share the di 2 (the Om) of that Sman.
5. What he is just at noon, that is the udgtha. On it the Devas are dependent (because they are brilliant). Therefore they are the best of all the descendants of Pra"g"pati, for they share the udgtha of that Sman.
6. What he is after midday and before afternoon, that is the pratihra. On it all germs are dependent. Therefore these, having been conceived (pratih"ri"ta), do not fall, for they share the pratihra of that Sman.
7. What he is after the afternoon and before sunset, that is the upadrava. On it the animals of the forest are dependent. Therefore, when they see a man, they run (upadravanti) to the forest as a safe hiding-place, for they share the upadrava of that Sman.
8. What he is when he first sets, that is the nidhana. On it the fathers are dependent. Therefore they put them 3 down (nidadhati), for they share the nidhana of that Sman. Thus a man meditates on the sevenfold Sman as the sun.
Footnotes
26:2 Cf. "Kh". Up. Ii, 2, 2. Comm.
27:1 When the sun puts forth his rays, and when the cows are together with their calves, i.e. as Rajendralal Mitra says, after the cows have been milked and are allowed by the cowherds to suckle their young.
27:2 The tertium comparationis is here the of di and the of dya, i. e. holding. The d might have been added.
27:3 The cakes for the ancestral spirits, or the spirits themselves.
"The Upanishads, Part 1 (sbe01)\", by Max Mller, [1879],
Ninth Kha\"N"D"A.
1. Let a man meditate on the sevenfold Sman as the sun. The sun is Sman, because he is always the same (sama); he is Sman because he is the same, everybody thinking he looks towards me, he looks towards me 2.
2. Let him know that all beings are dependent on him (the sun). What he is before his rising, that is the hikra. On it animals are dependent. Therefore animals say hi (before sunrise), for they share the hikra of that Sman (the sun).
3. What he is when first risen, that is the prastva. On it men are dependent. Therefore men love praise (prastuti) and celebrity, for they share the prastva of that Sman.
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4. What he is at the time of the sagava 1, that is the di, the first, the Om. On it birds are dependent. Therefore birds fly about in the sky without support, holding themselves, for they share the di 2 (the Om) of that Sman.
5. What he is just at noon, that is the udgtha. On it the Devas are dependent (because they are brilliant). Therefore they are the best of all the descendants of Pra"g"pati, for they share the udgtha of that Sman.
6. What he is after midday and before afternoon, that is the pratihra. On it all germs are dependent. Therefore these, having been conceived (pratih"ri"ta), do not fall, for they share the pratihra of that Sman.
7. What he is after the afternoon and before sunset, that is the upadrava. On it the animals of the forest are dependent. Therefore, when they see a man, they run (upadravanti) to the forest as a safe hiding-place, for they share the upadrava of that Sman.
8. What he is when he first sets, that is the nidhana. On it the fathers are dependent. Therefore they put them 3 down (nidadhati), for they share the nidhana of that Sman. Thus a man meditates on the sevenfold Sman as the sun.
Footnotes
26:2 Cf. "Kh". Up. Ii, 2, 2. Comm.
27:1 When the sun puts forth his rays, and when the cows are together with their calves, i.e. as Rajendralal Mitra says, after the cows have been milked and are allowed by the cowherds to suckle their young.
27:2 The tertium comparationis is here the of di and the of dya, i. e. holding. The d might have been added.
27:3 The cakes for the ancestral spirits, or the spirits themselves.
