Upanishads · Chāndogya 2,9.3
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ यत् प्रथमोदिते सः प्रस्तावः तत् अस्य मनुष्याः अन्वायत्ताः तस्मात् ते प्रस्तुतिकामाः प्रशंसाकामाः प्रस्तावभाजिनः हि एतस्य साम्नः
Transliteration (IAST)
atha yat prathamodite saḥ prastāvaḥ tat asya manuṣyāḥ anvāyattāḥ tasmāt te prastutikāmāḥ praśaṃsākāmāḥ prastāvabhājinaḥ hi etasya sāmnaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; then
यत्yatwhich; that which
प्रथमोदितेprathamoditeat the first sunrise (prathama-udita); at the sun's first rising; as soon as it has risen
सःsaḥhe; that one
प्रस्तावःprastāvaḥprastāva; the opening part of the sāman
तत्tatthat; this
अस्यasyaof this; it
मनुष्याःmanuṣyāḥpeople; human beings
अन्वायत्ताःanvāyattāḥbound up; dependent
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore; for that reason
तेteto you; for you
प्रस्तुतिकामाःprastutikāmāḥeager for proclamation (prastuti-kāma); greedy of being announced; lovers of fame
प्रशंसाकामाःpraśaṃsākāmāḥeager for praise (praśaṁsā-kāma); greedy of praise; susceptible to praise
प्रस्तावभाजिनःprastāvabhājinaḥsharers in the prastāva; having a share in the opening
हिhiindeed; truly
एतस्यetasyaof this; from this
साम्नःsāmnaḥthe samāna; of the chant
Translation
Now what is at the first rising — that is the prastāva; with it men are bound up; therefore they crave to be extolled and praised — for they have a share in the prastāva of this sāman.
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The second beat: yat prathamodite sa prastāvaḥ — "the first rising is the prastāva" (the day's setting-forth!); tad asya manuṣyā anvāyattāḥ — "with it men are bound up": tasmāt te prastuti-kāmāḥ praśaṁsā-kāmāḥ — "therefore they crave pra-clamation and pra-ise": the play of roots is faultless: prastāva — pra-stuti — pra-śaṁsā: men are creatures of the setting-forth: they need to be "struck up", announced, commended!
Humanity is diagnosed with a smile and without condemnation: the thirst for recognition is not a vice but a part: man is bound to the prastāva, to the hour of first light, when everything is announced and begun. One who knows this masters his hunger for glory as a singer masters his opening: he lets it sound at its own hour and does not let it fill the whole song: the day has five more beats, and the best are still to come.