Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,6.2
॥
Devanāgarī
भवन्ति ह अस्य पशवः पशुमान् भवति यः एतत् एवम् विद्वान् पशुषु पञ्चविधम् सामोपास्ते
Transliteration (IAST)
bhavanti ha asya paśavaḥ paśumān bhavati yaḥ etat evam vidvān paśuṣu pañcavidham sāmopāste
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
भवन्तिbhavantibecome; are
हhaindeed; surely
अस्यasyaof this; it
पशवःpaśavaḥanimals; cattle
पशुमान्paśumānrich in cattle (paśu-mat); an owner of herds; abounding in flocks
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
पशुषुpaśuṣuin animals; among cattle
पञ्चविधम्pañcavidhamfivefold; of five parts
सामोपास्तेsāmopāstehe venerates as the sāman; he contemplates the sāman
Translation
He who, knowing this thus, venerates the fivefold sāman in animals has animals thriving, and becomes rich in cattle.
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The fruit: bhavanti hāsya paśavaḥ — "animals thrive with him" — paśumān bhavati — "he becomes a cattle-owner": the flock multiplies for one who honours it as a song.
Behind the "economic" promise lies a deep truth about all husbandry: a herd breeds for one who sees in it an order and a dignity, not a "head count": care grown out of reverence prospers better than care grown out of calculation — animals (and everything living) unerringly sense what they are taken for. The fivefold upāsanā of cattle is the most ancient lesson in what would now be called the ethics of husbandry: tend as you would sing — and the flock will sing.