Upanishads · Chāndogya 1,7.6
॥
Devanāgarī
सः एषः ये च एतस्मात् अर्वाञ्चः लोकाः तेषाम् च इष्टे मनुष्यकामानाम् च इति तत् ये इमे वीणायाम् गायन्ति एतं ते गायन्ति तस्मात् ते धनसनयः
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ eṣaḥ ye ca etasmāt arvāñcaḥ lokāḥ teṣām ca iṣṭe manuṣyakāmānām ca iti tat ye ime vīṇāyām gāyanti etaṃ te gāyanti tasmāt te dhanasanayaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
येyethose who; they who
चcaand; as well as
एतस्मात्etasmātfrom this; out of this
अर्वाञ्चःarvāñcaḥon this side (arvāñc); the ones here; the this-worldly
लोकाःlokāḥworlds; realms
तेषाम्teṣāmof them; for them
चcaand; as well as
इष्टेiṣṭehe rules; he governs
मनुष्यकामानाम्manuṣyakāmānāmover the desires of men; over the human ends
चcaand; as well as
इतिitithus; how
तत्tatthat; this
येyethose who; they who
इमेimethese; the present
वीणायाम्vīṇāyāmto the vīṇā (vīṇā — the lute); on the lute; to the lute
गायन्तिgāyantithey sing; they hymn
एतंetaṃit; of this
तेteto you; for you
गायन्तिgāyantithey sing; they hymn
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore; for that reason
तेteto you; for you
धनसनयःdhanasanayaḥwinners of wealth (dhana-sani); enriched [by song]; gainers of substance
Translation
He rules over the worlds that are on this side, and over the desires of men. Therefore those who sing to the vīṇā sing of him — and thereby they are rich.
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The dominions of the Puruṣa in the eye: sa eṣa ye caitasmād arvāñco lokās teṣāṁ ceṣṭe manuṣya-kāmānāṁ ca — "he rules the worlds on this side and the desires of men": a division of labour between the two thrones of one Lord: the solar face rules the transcendent and the divine (verse 1.6.8), the ocular the here and the human: one sovereignty in two audience-chambers.
And an unexpected bow to art: tad ye ime vīṇāyāṁ gāyanti etaṁ te gāyanti — "those who sing to the vīṇā sing of him": tasmāt te dhana-sanayaḥ — "and therefore they win wealth": every song to a lute — whether the singer knows it or not — is addressed to the Puruṣa in the listeners' eyes! All the music of the world is an involuntary liturgy; and that is why it feeds those who sing: art lives from His table. This hallowing of secular song is a gesture of astonishing breadth: there is no song outside His hearing; there are only singers who know, and singers who do not know, to Whom they sing.