Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,2.3
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Devanāgarī
कल्पन्ते ह अस्मै लोकाः ऊर्ध्वाः च आवृत्ताः च यः एतत् एवम् विद्वान् लोकेषु पञ्चविधम् सामोपास्ते
Transliteration (IAST)
kalpante ha asmai lokāḥ ūrdhvāḥ ca āvṛttāḥ ca yaḥ etat evam vidvān lokeṣu pañcavidham sāmopāste
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कल्पन्तेkalpantethey are ordered (from √kḷp — 'to fall into order'); they become fit; they are set in order
हhaindeed; surely
अस्मैasmaifor him; to him
लोकाःlokāḥworlds; realms
ऊर्ध्वाःūrdhvāḥthe upper ones; directed upward
चcaand; as well as
आवृत्ताःāvṛttāḥturned back; descending
चcaand; as well as
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
लोकेषुlokeṣuin the worlds; in the abodes
पञ्चविधम्pañcavidhamfivefold; of five parts
सामोपास्तेsāmopāstehe venerates as the sāman; he contemplates the sāman
Translation
For him who, knowing this thus, venerates the fivefold sāman in the worlds, the worlds are set in order — both the ascending and the reverse.
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The fruit: kalpante hāsmai lokā ūrdhvāś cāvṛttāś ca — "the worlds are set in order for him, the ascending and the returning": kalpante — "they fall into order, become serviceable": for the knower both currents of the world work: the upward is open to him (ascent) and the downward serves him (blessings coming down).
The formula of the fruit throughout this series always mirrors the contemplation (the law of upāsanā!): he who venerated the worlds as a song receives the worlds in tune: the universe answers to the concord in which it is heard. Here is the seed of all the "magic" of Vedic knowledge, which is no magic at all: not an incantation of nature but an entry into her own order: concord is not fought with — one builds oneself into it, and then it carries.