Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.2
Chāndogyopaniṣad 2.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.2.1
lokeṣu pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāsīta \
pṛthivī (S )kāraḥ \
agniḥ prastāvaḥ \
antarikṣam udgīthaḥ \
ādityaḥ pratihāraḥ \
dyaur nidhanam \
ity ūrdhveṣu \\202.1\
1. In the worlds one should reverence a fivefold Sāman (Chant). The earth is a Hiṅkāra (Preliminary Vocalizing). Fire is a Prastāva (Introductory Praise). The atmosphere is an Udgītha (Loud Chant). The sun is a Pratihāra (Response). The sky is a Nidhana (Conclusion). —Thus in their ascending order.
2.2.2
athāvṛtteṣu \
dyaur (S )kāraḥ \
ādityaḥ prastāvaḥ \
antarikṣam udgīthaḥ \
agniḥ pratihāraḥ \
pṛthivī nidhanam \\202.2\
2. Now in their reverse order.— The sky is a Hiṅkāra. The sun is a Prastāva. The atmosphere is an Udgītha. Fire is a Pratihāra. The earth is a Nidhana.
2.2.3
kalpante hāsmai lokā ūrdhvāś cāvṛttaś ca ya etad evaṃ vidvāṃl lokeṣu pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāste \\202.3\
3. The worlds, both in their ascending order and in their reverse order, serve him who, knowing this thus, reverences a fivefold Sāman in the worlds.
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (7)
- Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit
- Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Studies in the Origins of Buddhism — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English