Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.13

1.13.1

ayaṃ vāva loko hāükāraḥ \
vāyur hāïkāraḥ \
candramā athakāraḥ \
ātmehakāraḥ \
agnir īkāraḥ \\113.1\

1. Verily, the sound hā-u is the world, [for this interjectional trill occurs in the Rathantara Sāman, which is identified with the earth].

The sound hā-i is wind, [for this interjectional trill occurs in the Vāmadevya Sāman, which has for its subject the origin of wind and water].

The sound atha is the moon, [for on food (anna) everything is established (sthita), and the moon consists of food].

The sound iha is oneself, [for oneself is here (iha)].

The sound ī is Agni, [for all Sāmans sacred to Agni end with the sound ī].

1.13.2

āditya ūkāraḥ \
nihava ekāraḥ \
viśve devā (S )kāraḥ \
prajapatir (S )kāraḥ \
prāṇaḥ svaraḥ \
annaṃ yā \
vāg virat \\113.2\

2. The sound ū is the sun, [for people sing of the sun when it is up (ū-rdhvam)].

The sound e is the Invocation, [for people call with 'Come! (e-hi)'].

The sound au-ho-i is the Viśvadeva gods, [for this interjectional trill occurs in the Sāman to the Viśvadeva gods].

The sound hiṅ is Prajāpati, [for Prajāpati is undefined, and the sound hiṅ also is indistinct].

svara (sound) is breath, [for that is the source of sound].

yā is food, [for everything here moves (yati) through the help of food].

vāc is Virāj, [for this interjectional trill occurs in the Sāman to Virāj].

1.13.3

aniruktas trayodaśaḥ stobhaḥ saṃcaro huṃkāraḥ \\113.3\

3. The sound hum, the variable thirteenth interjectional trill, is the Undefined.

1.13.4

dugdhe 'smai vāg dohaṃ yo vāco dohaḥ \
annavān annādo bhavati \
ya etām evaṃ sāmnām upaniṣadaṃ vedopaniṣadaṃ veda \\113.4\

4. Speech yields milk—that is, the milk of speech itself—for him, he becomes rich in food, an eater of food, who knows thus this mystic meaning (upaniṣad) of the Sāmans—yea, who knows the mystic meaning!