[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Chandogya Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) › 2.2 # Chandogya Upanishad 2.2 Chāndogyopaniṣad 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.2.1) lokeṣu pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāsīta \ pṛthivī (S )kāraḥ \ agniḥ prastāvaḥ \ antarikṣam udgīthaḥ \ ādityaḥ pratihāraḥ \ dyaur nidhanam \ ity ūrdhveṣu \\202.1\ > Among the worlds one should meditate upon the Sāman as fivefold: The earth is the syllable him, the fire is Prastāva, the sky is Udgītha, the sun is Pratihāra, and heaven is Nidhana. Thus this meditation pertains to the higher worlds. > — Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad ### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.2.2) athāvṛtteṣu \ dyaur (S )kāraḥ \ ādityaḥ prastāvaḥ \ antarikṣam udgīthaḥ \ agniḥ pratihāraḥ \ pṛthivī nidhanam \\202.2\ > Now, among the lower worlds: Heaven is the syllable hiṁ, the sun is Prastāva, the sky is Udgītha, the fire is Pratihāra, and the earth is Nidhana. > — Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad ### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.2.3) kalpante hāsmai lokā ūrdhvāś cāvṛttaś ca ya etad evaṃ vidvāṃl lokeṣu pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāste \\202.3\ > The worlds in the ascending and descending lines belong to him,footnote{That is, become fit objects for his enjoyment.} who, knowing it thus (endowed with the quality of 'good') meditates on the fivefold Sāman in the worlds. > — Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad ## Translations (5) - [The Chāndogya Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-swahananda.2.2.1) — Swami Swahananda 1956, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-muller.2.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-nikhilananda.2.2.1) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-gambhirananda.2.2.1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1983, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-hume.2.2.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!sankara.193.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Chāndogyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!rangaramanuja.2.2.1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!padapatha.2.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!madhva.14.2.1) — Madhva, Sanskrit - [Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!siva-samkara-kavyatirtha.29.2) — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!raghavendra-tirtha.14.3) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.299) — Kane 1930, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.393) — Pande 1957, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.2) · Pramāṇa