Agni

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 20 Oct 2011 09:39 and updated at 20 Oct 2011 09:39

CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD NOUN

ChandogyaUpa2	1 Agni is Himkara, Vayu is Prastava, the Sun is Udgitha, the Stars are Pratihara, and the Moon is Nidhana. This is the Rajana Saman woven in the deities.
ChandogyaUpa2	1 The Three Vedas are Himkara; the Three worlds are Prastava; Agni, Vayu and the Sun are Udgitha; the Stars, the birds and the rays are Pratihara; the serpents, the celestial singers and the fathers are Nidhana. This is the collection of Samans woven in all things.
ChandogyaUpa2	1 Of the Samans, I choose the one that bellows, as it were, and is good for cattle, thus (some think). This is the loud singing sacred to Agni, the undefined one to Prajapati, the defined one to Soma, the soft and smooth to Vayu, the smooth and strong to Indra, the heron like to Brihaspati, and the ill sounding to Varuna. Verily, one may practise all these, but should avoid the one sacred to Varuna.
ChandogyaUpa2	3,4 Before the commencement of the morning chant, the sacrificer sits down behind the Garhapatya fire, facing the north and sings the Saman sacred to the Vasus (O Agni), open the door of this world that we may see you for obtaining the Kingdom.
ChandogyaUpa2	5,6 Then he offers the oblation (with the Mantra) Salutation to Agni, who dwells in the region of the Earth. Obtain the region, for me the sacrificer. This region, indeed, is to be obtained by the sacrificer. At the end of the duration of this life, I, the sacrificer, am willing to come here Svaha. Unbar the door of the region saying this he gets up. (As a result) the Vasus grant him (the region connected with) the morning libation.
ChandogyaUpa2	7,8 Before the starting of the midday libation, the sacrificer sits down behind the Agnidhriya fire, facing the north, and sings the Saman sacred to the Rudras (O Agni), open the door of the region of the sky that we may see you for obtaining the sovereignty of the sky.
ChandogyaUpa2	11,13 Before beginning the third libation, the sacrificer sits down behind the Ahavaniya fire, facing the north, and sings the Saman sacred to the Adityas and the one sacred to the Visvadevas (O Agni), open the door of the region of Heaven that we may see you for obtaining the sovereignty of Heaven This is the Saman sacred to the Adityas. Next is the one sacred to the Visvadevas; (O Agni), open the door of the region of Heaven that we may see you for obtaining the supreme sovereignty.
ChandogyaUpa3	1 That which is the first nectar (i.e. the red form), that verily Vasus enjoy with Agni as their leader. The Devas, indeed, neither eat nor drink, only with seeing this nectar are they satisfied.
ChandogyaUpa3	3 He who knows thus this nectar becomes one of the Vasus, and with Agni as the leader, is satisfied only with seeing this nectar. He enters into this very form and out of this form he emerges.
ChandogyaUpa3	6 Then when I said, I take refuge in Bhuvah I said only this I take refuge in Agni, I take refuge in Vayu, I take refuge in the Sun.
ChandogyaUpa3	2 This same Brahman has Four feet. The organ of speech is one foot. Prana (the organ of smell) is one foot, the eye is one foot and the ear is one foot. This is with reference to the body. Next, with reference to the Devas. Agni is one foot, Vayu is one foot, Aditya is one foot and the quarters are one foot. Thus both the meditations, with reference to the body and with reference to the Devas, are enjoined.
ChandogyaUpa4	1 Agni will tell you of one foot of Brahman At dawn of the next day he drove the Cows towards the teacher s house. Towards evening, at the place where those Cows came together, he kindled the fire there, penned the Cows, laid on fuel and sat down near them behind the fire, facing the east.
ChandogyaUpa4	3 Dear boy, let me instruct you about one foot of Brahman Please instruct me revered sir. (The swan) said to him, Agni is one part, the sun is one part, the moon is one part, and lightning is one part. This indeed, dear boy, is one foot of Brahman, consisting of Four parts, named the Effulgent.
ChandogyaUpa6	3 Agni, when eaten, becomes divided into Three parts. What is its grossest ingredient, that becomes bone; what is the middling ingredient, that becomes marrow; and what is the subtlest ingredient, hat becomes speech.
ChandogyaUpa7	1 Agni surely is greater than Water. It is this fire that having seized the air warms up the Akasa. Then people say, "It is hot, it is burning hot, it will surely rain". There, it is fire that shows itself first, and then creates Water. It is (because of) this fire that thunders roll, along with lightnings flashing upwards and across; and so people say, "Lightning is flashing, it is thundering, it will surely rain". There, it is fire that shows itself first and then creates Water. Worship fire.

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