Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7

1.7.1

athādhyātmam \
vāg evark \
prāṇaḥ sāma \
tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma \
tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate \
vāg eva sā \
prāṇo 'maḥ \
tat sāma \\107.1\

1. Now with reference to the self.— The Ṛic is speech; the Sāman is breath. This Sāman rests upon that Ṛic. Therefore the Sāman is sung as resting upon the Ṛic. *sā* is speech; *ama* is breath. That makes *sāma*.

1.7.2

cakṣur evark \
ātmā sāma \
tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma \
tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate \
cakṣur eva sā \
ātmāmaḥ \
tat sāma \\107.2\

2. The Ṛic is the eye; the Sāman is the soul (*ātman*). This Sāman rests upon that Ṛic. Therefore the Sāman is sung as resting upon the Ṛic. *sā* is the eye; *ama* is the soul. That makes *sāma*.

1.7.3

śrotram evark \
manaḥ saāma \
tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma \
tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate \
śrotram eva sā \
mano 'maḥ \
tat sāma \\107.3\

3. The Ṛic is the ear; the Sāman is the mind. This Sāman rests upon that Ṛic. Therefore the Sāman is sung as resting upon the Ṛic. *sā* is the ear; *ama* is the mind. That makes *sāma*.

1.7.4

atha yad etad akṣnaḥ śuklaṃ bhāḥ saivark \
atha yan nīlaṃ paraḥkṛṣṇaṃ tat sāma \
tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma \
tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate \
atha yad evaitad akṣṇaḥ śuklaṃ bhāḥ saiva sā \
atha yan nīlaṃ paraḥkṛṣṇaṃ tad amaḥ \
tat sāma \\107.4\

4. Now, the Ṛic is the bright shining of the eye; the Sāman is the dark, the ultra-black. This Sāman rests upon that Ṛic. Therefore the Sāman is sung as resting upon the Ṛic. *sā* is the bright shining of the eye; *ama* is the dark, the ultra-black. That makes *sāma*.

1.7.5

atha ya eṣo (S ) puruṣo dṛśyate saivark \
tat sāma \
tad uktham \
tad yajuḥ \
tad brahma \
tasya etasya tad eva rūpaṃ yad amuṣya rūpam \
yāv amuṣya geṣṇau tau tau goṣṇau \
yan nāma tan nāma \\107.5\

5. Now, this person who is seen within the eye is the hymn (*ṛc*), is the chant (*sāman*), is the recitation (*uktha*), is the sacrificial formula (*yajus*), is the prayer (*brahman*). The form of this one is the same as the form of that [Person seen in the sun]. The songs of the former are the songs of this. The name of the one is the name of the other.

1.7.6

sa eṣa ye caitasmād arvāñco lokās teṣāṃ ceṣṭe manuṣyakāmānāṃ (S ) \
tad ya ime vīṇāyāṃ gāyanty etaṃ te gāyanti \
tasmāt te dhanasanayaḥ \\107.6\

6. He is lord of the worlds which are under this one, and also of men's desires. So those who sing on the lute sing of him. Therefore they are winners of wealth.

1.7.7

atha ya etad evaṃ vidvān sāma gāyaty ubhau sa gāyati \
so 'munaiva (S S ))ye cāmuṣmāt parāñco lokās tāṃś cāpnoti devakāmāṃś ca \\107.7\

7. Now, he who sings the Sāman, knowing it thus, sings of both; through the former he wins the worlds which are beyond the former, and also the gods' desires.

1.7.8

athānenaiva ye caitasmād arvāñco lokās tāṃś cāpnoti manuṣyakāmāṃś ca \
tasmād u haivaṃvid udgātā brūyāt \\107.8\

8. Through the latter he wins the worlds which are under the latter, and also men's desires. Therefore an Udgātṛi priest who knows this may say: 'What desire may I win for you by singing?' For truly he is lord of the winning of desires by singing, who, knowing this, sings the Sāman—yea, sings the Sāman!

1.7.9

kaṃ te kāmam āgāyānīti \
eṣa hy eva kāmāgānasyeṣṭe ya evaṃ vidvān sāma gāyati sāma gāyati \\107.9\