Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,5.2
॥
Devanāgarī
कल्पन्ते ह अस्मै ऋतवः ऋतुमान् भवति यः एतत् एवम् विद्वान् ऋतुषु पञ्चविधम् सामोपास्ते
Transliteration (IAST)
kalpante ha asmai ṛtavaḥ ṛtumān bhavati yaḥ etat evam vidvān ṛtuṣu pañcavidham sāmopāste
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कल्पन्तेkalpantethey become fit; they take their places
हhaindeed; surely
अस्मैasmaifor him; to him
ऋतवःṛtavaḥthe seasons; the seasons of the year
ऋतुमान्ṛtumānpossessed of the seasons (ṛtu-mat); living in due season; master of the seasons
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
ऋतुषुṛtuṣuin the seasons; among the seasons
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 seasons, the seasons are set in order, and he himself becomes a possessor of seasons.
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The fruit of the year-upāsanā: kalpante hāsmā ṛtavaḥ — "the seasons are set in order for him" (they go in concord: rains in season, a winter without cruelty) — ṛtumān bhavati — "he becomes ṛtumān": a possessor of the seasons, a man with whom everything is in season.
Ṛtumān is a lovely word: not "master of the seasons" but one standing in right relation with them (ṛtu is from ṛta, the universal order!): his sowing meets the rains, his labour meets its term, his rest meets the winter: a life without perpetual haste and perpetual lateness. This is perhaps the most practical fruit of the series: he who knows the year as a song stops fighting time — and time begins to work for him.