Upanishads · Chāndogya 1,3.2
॥
Devanāgarī
समानः उ एव अयम् च असौ च उष्णः अयम् उष्णः असौ स्वरः इति इमम् आचक्षते स्वरः इति प्रत्यास्वरः इति अमुम् तस्मात् वा एतम् इमम् अमुम् च उद्गीथम् उपासीत
Transliteration (IAST)
samānaḥ u eva ayam ca asau ca uṣṇaḥ ayam uṣṇaḥ asau svaraḥ iti imam ācakṣate svaraḥ iti pratyāsvaraḥ iti amum tasmāt vā etam imam amum ca udgītham upāsīta
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
समानःsamānaḥthe same (samāna); identical; the very same
उusurely; indeed
एवevaindeed; surely
अयम्ayamthis; this one here
चcaand; as well as
असौasauthat one; yonder
चcaand; as well as
उष्णःuṣṇaḥwarm (uṣṇa); hot; burning
अयम्ayamthis; this one here
उष्णःuṣṇaḥwarm (uṣṇa); hot; burning
असौasauthat one; yonder
स्वरःsvaraḥsound, tone (svara); the sounding; the voice
इतिitithus; how
इमम्imamthis; of this
आचक्षतेācakṣatethey call; they explain
स्वरःsvaraḥsound, tone (svara); the sounding; the voice
इतिitithus; how
प्रत्यास्वरःpratyāsvaraḥthe answering sound (praty-āsvara); the responding tone; the echo
इतिitithus; how
अमुम्amumthat one; another
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore; for that reason
वाvāverily; surely
एतम्etamit; of this
इमम्imamthis; of this
अमुम्amumthat one; another
चcaand; as well as
उद्गीथम्udgīthamthe udgītha; the exalted chant
उपासीतupāsītalet him venerate; one should contemplate
Translation
This [prāṇa] and that [sun] are alike: this is warm, and that is warm. This they call sound [svara], and that sound and echo [pratyāsvara]. Therefore both this and that are to be venerated as the udgītha.
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The bridge between the leaves: samāna u evāyaṁ cāsau ca — "alike are this one and that": the breath in me and the sun in the sky are one, and the evidence is simple and brilliant: uṣṇo 'yam uṣṇo 'sau — "warm is this, warm is that": the warmth of breath and the warmth of a ray are one warmth! The living heat of the body is a local sun; the sun is the world's breathing (the Praśna 3.8 built the same correspondence).
svara iti imam ācakṣate — "this they call svara (sound)": the breath is a sounding thing; svara iti pratyāsvara ity amum — "that, sound and echo": the sun is sound and its answering echo: light is the echo of the chant of life, spread over the sky. tasmād vā etam imam amuṁ codgītham upāsīta — "therefore venerate both": the inward and the heavenly are one choir; he who sings Oṁ joins it as a third.