Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 2,6.1
॥
Devanāgarī
पशुषु पञ्चविधम् सामोपासीत अजाः हिङ्कारः अवयः प्रस्तावः गावः उद्गीथः अश्वः प्रतिहारः पुरुषः निधनम्
Transliteración (IAST)
paśuṣu pañcavidham sāmopāsīta ajāḥ hiṅkāraḥ avayaḥ prastāvaḥ gāvaḥ udgīthaḥ aśvaḥ pratihāraḥ puruṣaḥ nidhanam
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
पशुषुpaśuṣuamong the animals (paśu — domestic cattle); among the beasts; in cattle
पञ्चविधम्pañcavidhamfivefold; of five parts
सामोपासीतsāmopāsītait should be venerated as the sāman; let him contemplate the sāman
अजाःajāḥgoats (aja); the goat-kind; goats
हिङ्कारःhiṅkāraḥhiṅkāra; the opening call hiṅ
अवयःavayaḥsheep (avi); the sheep-kind; sheep
प्रस्तावःprastāvaḥprastāva; the opening part of the sāman
गावःgāvaḥcows (go); the cattle-kind; cattle
उद्गीथःudgīthaḥudgītha; the exalted chant
अश्वःaśvaḥthe horse; the steed
प्रतिहारःpratihāraḥpratihāra; the responding part
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥman; Puruṣa
निधनम्nidhanamnidhana; the conclusion; the dissolution
Traducción
In animals one should venerate the fivefold sāman: goats are the hiṅkāra, sheep the prastāva, cows the udgītha, horses the pratihāra, man the nidhana.
Versión
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The fifth field is the living creatures, the flock of the homestead: ajāḥ — goats — the striking-up (the first, the noisy, the undemanding); avayaḥ — sheep — the setting-forth; gāvaḥ — cows — the udgītha (the summit! — the cow stands at the centre of Vedic husbandry and piety: nurse, measure of wealth, sacred being); aśvāḥ — horses — the taking-up (strength and the road); puruṣo nidhanam — man — the cadence: the crown and the sum of the animal series.
The ladder of domesticated life is sung from the goat to man — and man stands in it not as "master from above" but as the closing beat of the same song: the nidhana in which the whole series resolves. The dignity obliges: a cadence gathers and gives meaning to all the preceding beats — man is called to be the meaning of the herd, not merely its owner: a flock without a good finisher is a song broken off in mid-word.