Upanishads · Chāndogya 1,9.2
॥
Devanāgarī
सः एषः परोवरीयान् उद्गीथः सः एषः अनन्तः परोवरीयः ह अस्य भवति परोवरीयसः ह लोकान् जयति यः एतत् एवम् विद्वान् परोवरीयांसम् उद्गीथम् उपास्ते
Transliteration (IAST)
saḥ eṣaḥ parovarīyān udgīthaḥ saḥ eṣaḥ anantaḥ parovarīyaḥ ha asya bhavati parovarīyasaḥ ha lokān jayati yaḥ etat evam vidvān parovarīyāṃsam udgītham upāste
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सःsaḥhe; that one
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
परोवरीयान्parovarīyānhigher and ever higher (parovarīyas — 'more excellent than the excellent'); ever increasing without limit; higher and higher
उद्गीथःudgīthaḥudgītha; the exalted chant
सःsaḥhe; that one
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
अनन्तःanantaḥit is endless (an-anta); it is boundless; it never ceases
परोवरीयःparovarīyaḥhigher and higher; surpassing [all]
हhaindeed; surely
अस्यasyaof this; it
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
परोवरीयसःparovarīyasaḥsurpassing; higher and higher
हhaindeed; surely
लोकान्lokānworlds; realms
जयतिjayatiwins (from √ji); he wins; obtains
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
परोवरीयांसम्parovarīyāṃsamthe most excellent; the highest
उद्गीथम्udgīthamthe udgītha; the exalted chant
उपास्तेupāstehe venerates; beholds
Translation
This is the udgītha that is higher-and-ever-higher; it is endless. Higher and ever higher becomes [the life] of him, and higher and ever higher are the worlds he conquers, who, knowing this thus, venerates the udgītha as the higher-and-ever-higher.
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The fruit of Pravāhaṇa's teaching: sa eṣa parovarīyān udgīthaḥ — "this is the udgītha that is parovarīyān" — a rare word: "surpassing-most-surpassing", "higher and ever higher": a song resting upon the Infinite is itself infinite: sa eṣo 'nantaḥ — "it is boundless": against the finitude of Dālbhya's and Śilaka's sāmans stands ananta — endlessness.
And the fruit matches (the law of upāsanā!): parovarīyo hāsya bhavati — "higher and ever higher becomes his [being]": the life of one who venerates the endless udgītha grows without a ceiling — parovarīyaso ha lokāñ jayati — "and he conquers ever higher worlds": for one who knows the Infinite there is no last rung: his ascent is parovarīya, a comparative without limit. So the khaṇḍa settles the dispute of the three connoisseurs: skill is measured by its support; he who rests upon Space sings a song whose head does not fall off — for it has nowhere to fall.