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Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.2

Chāndogyopaniṣad 1.1.2

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Sanskrit

1.1.2

eṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ pṛthivī rasaḥ \
pṛthivyā āpo rasaḥ \
apām oṣadhayo rasaḥ \
oṣadhīnāṃ puruṣo rasaḥ \
puruṣasya vāg rasaḥ \
vāca ṛg rasaḥ \
ṛcaḥ sāma rasaḥ \
sāmna udgītho rasaḥ \\101.2\

2. The essence of things here is the earth. The essence of the earth is water. The essence of water is plants. The essence of plants is a person (*puruṣa*). The essence of a person is speech. The essence of speech is the Rig (‘hymn’). The essence of the Rig is the Sāman (‘chant’). The essence of the Sāman is the Udgītha (‘loud singing’).

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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