[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) › [Chāndogya Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) › 2.3.2 # Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.3.2 Chāndogyopaniṣad 2.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.3.2) varṣati hāsmai varṣayati ha ya etad evaṃ vidvān vṛṣṭau pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāste \\203.2\ > One should meditate on the fivefold Sāman as rain: The wind that precedes is the syllable hiṁ, the cloud that is formed is Prastāva, the shower is Udgītha, lightning and thunder are Pratihāra, and the ceasing is Nidhana. It rains for him—indeed, he causes rain—who, knowing it thus, meditates on the fivefold Sāman as rain. > — Swami Swahananda 1956, The Chāndogya Upaniṣad - [Previous: 2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.3.1) - [Next: 2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.4.1) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.3) ## Translations (5) - [The Chāndogya Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-swahananda.2.3.1) — Swami Swahananda 1956, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-muller.2.3.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-nikhilananda.2.3.2) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-gambhirananda.2.3.2) — Swami Gambhirananda 1983, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya~en-hume.2.3.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!sankara.200.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Chāndogyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!rangaramanuja.2.3.2.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!padapatha.2.3.2) — Sanskrit - [Chāndogyabhāṣya (Madhva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!madhva.14.2.5) — Madhva, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit - [Bhāṣya of Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya!siva-samkara-kavyatirtha) — Śiva Śaṃkara Kāvyatīrtha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.2.3.2) · Pramāṇa