Verses Across™
      • 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154

About, terms & privacy · ·

Hinduism · Upanishads

Chandogya, part 43III, 6

18

Hinduism · Upanishads

Chandogya, part 43

III, 6

Max MüllerEnglish
On the first of these nectars (the red light, which represents fame, glory of countenance, vigour, strength, health) the Vasus live, with Agni at their head. True, the Devas do not eat or drink, but they enjoy by seeing the nectar.
They enter into that (red) colour, and they rise from that colour.
He who thus knows this nectar, becomes one of the Vasus, with Agni at their head, he sees the nectar and rejoices. And he, too, having entered that colour, rises again from that colour.
So long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so long does he follow the sovereign supremacy of the Vasus.

Spotted a mistake or have an idea?

Chandogya, part 42Chandogya, part 44
Sources & credits: Max Müller

Max Müller — The Upanishads (F. Max Müller) (Sacred Books of the East 1 (1879) and 15 (1884)). Public Domain. Translated by F. Max Müller, Sacred Books of the East vols. 1 and 15, public domain; transcription from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. Source