Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,7.2
॥
Devanāgarī
परोवरीयः ह अस्य भवति परोवरीयसः ह लोकान् जयति यः एतत् एवम् विद्वान् प्राणेषु पञ्चविधम् परोवरीयः सामोपास्ते इति तु पञ्चविधस्य
Transliteration (IAST)
parovarīyaḥ ha asya bhavati parovarīyasaḥ ha lokān jayati yaḥ etat evam vidvān prāṇeṣu pañcavidham parovarīyaḥ sāmopāste iti tu pañcavidhasya
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
परोवरीयःparovarīyaḥhigher and higher; surpassing [all]
हhaindeed; surely
अस्यasyaof this; it
भवतिbhavatirevered lady; madam
परोवरीयसःparovarīyasaḥsurpassing; higher and higher
हhaindeed; surely
लोकान्lokānworlds; realms
जयतिjayatiattains; he conquers
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एतत्etatthis; all this
एवम्evamthus; in this way
विद्वान्vidvānknowing; wise
प्राणेषुprāṇeṣuin the prāṇas; among the vital powers
पञ्चविधम्pañcavidhamfivefold; of five parts
परोवरीयःparovarīyaḥhigher and higher; surpassing [all]
सामोपास्तेsāmopāstehe venerates as the sāman; he contemplates the sāman
इतिitithus; how
तुtubut; surely
पञ्चविधस्यpañcavidhasyaof the fivefold (pañca-vidha); of the five-membered [sāman]; of the fivefold kind
Translation
Higher and ever higher becomes [the life] of him, and higher and ever higher are the worlds he conquers, who, knowing this thus, venerates in the vital powers the fivefold sāman that is higher-and-ever-higher. So much for the fivefold.
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The fruit of the inward upāsanā is boundless increase: parovarīyo hāsya bhavati — "higher and ever higher becomes his [being]" — parovarīyaso ha lokāñ jayati — "and ever higher worlds he conquers": the formula of the endless udgītha (1.9!) is now applied to a man contemplating his own powers as an ascending song.
iti tu pañcavidhasya — "so much for the fivefold": the seal on the adhyāya's first half. Five fields have been traversed: the universe (the worlds), the elements (rain and waters), time (the year), life (the cattle), man (the prāṇas) — and everywhere one and the same five-beat concord: the Upaniṣad has taught us to hear the sāman throughout the whole vertical section of being. Next comes a more elaborate instrument: the sevenfold sāman — and its first field will be… speech itself.