Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 2,10.2
॥
Devanāgarī
आदिः इति द्व्यक्षरम् प्रतिहारः इति चतुरक्षरम् ततः इह एकम् तत् समम्
Transliteración (IAST)
ādiḥ iti dvyakṣaram pratihāraḥ iti caturakṣaram tataḥ iha ekam tat samam
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
आदिःādiḥthe beginning; the first part
इतिitithus; how
द्व्यक्षरम्dvyakṣaramof two syllables (dvi-akṣara); consisting of two syllables; disyllabic
प्रतिहारःpratihāraḥpratihāra; the responding part
इतिitithus; how
चतुरक्षरम्caturakṣaramof four syllables (catur-akṣara); of four syllables; tetrasyllabic
ततःtataḥthan this; from that
इहihahere; in this world
एकम्ekamone; single
तत्tatthat; this
समम्samamequal; the equalized
Traducción
"ādi" is two syllables, "pratihāra" is four syllables: [carry] one over from here to there — that is equal;
Versión
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The arithmetic continues: ā-di is two syllables, pra-ti-hā-ra is four: tata ihaikaṁ — "one [syllable] from there to here": the carrying of a syllable from surplus to shortfall — tat samam — "and that is equal": three and three.
The gesture of transfer is a small miracle of contemplative book-keeping: equilibrium is not always given — it is established: from the rich member a syllable is taken for the poor, and the concord is restored. There is an ethic in this reckoning: sama (equality-concord) is reached by redistribution from abundance to need: syllables and the world's goods alike are levelled by one and the same gesture. The song teaches sharing — even of syllables.