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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Chāndogya Upanishad / Adhyāya 2 · Khaṇḍa 13

CHĀNDOGYA UPANISHAD · 2.13.1

उपमन्त्रयते स हिङ्कारः ।
ज्ञपयते स प्रस्तावः ।
स्त्रिया सह शेते स उद्गीथः ।
प्रति स्त्रीं सह शेते स प्रतिहारः ।
कालं गच्छति तन् निधनम् ।
पारं गच्छति तन् निधनम् ।
एतद् वामदेव्यं मिथुने प्रोतम् ॥

upamantrayate sa hiṅkāraḥ ।
jñapayate sa prastāvaḥ ।
striyā saha śete sa udgīthaḥ ।
prati strīṃ saha śete sa pratihāraḥ ।
kālaṃ gacchati tan nidhanam ।
pāraṃ gacchati tan nidhanam ।
etad vāmadevyaṃ mithune protam ॥

One summons—that is a Hiṅkāra. He makes request—that is a Prastāva. Together with the woman he lies down—that is an Udgītha. He lies upon the woman—that is a Pratihāra. He comes to the end—that is a Nidhana. He comes to the finish—that is a Nidhana. This is the Vāmadevya Sāman as woven upon copulation.

Robert Ernest Hume · The Thirteen Principal Upanishads (Oxford University Press, 1921), p. 196

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