उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 2,2.2
॥
देवनागरी
अथ आवृत्तेषु द्यौः हिङ्कारः आदित्यः प्रस्तावः अन्तरिक्षम् उद्गीथः अग्निः प्रतिहारः पृथिवी निधनम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
atha āvṛtteṣu dyauḥ hiṅkāraḥ ādityaḥ prastāvaḥ antarikṣam udgīthaḥ agniḥ pratihāraḥ pṛthivī nidhanam
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अथathathereupon; then
आवृत्तेषुāvṛtteṣuin reverse order (āvṛtta — 'turned back'); in the returning ones; from above downward
द्यौःdyauḥthe sky; the heavenly world
हिङ्कारःhiṅkāraḥhiṅkāra; the opening call hiṅ
आदित्यःādityaḥthe sun; Āditya
प्रस्तावःprastāvaḥprastāva; the opening part of the sāman
अन्तरिक्षम्antarikṣamthe intervening space; the mid-region
उद्गीथःudgīthaḥudgītha; the exalted chant
अग्निःagniḥfire; Agni
प्रतिहारःpratihāraḥpratihāra; the responding part
पृथिवीpṛthivīthe earth; the earthly world
निधनम्nidhanamnidhana; the conclusion; the dissolution
अनुवाद
Now in the reverse [order]: heaven is the hiṅkāra, the sun the prastāva, the mid-region the udgītha, fire the pratihāra, the earth the nidhana.
संस्करण
c41c03418840 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 10:34:59 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The same series from above downward: atha āvṛtteṣu — "now in the returning ones": heaven is the striking-up, the sun the setting-forth, the mid-region the lifting-up, fire the taking-up, earth the finale: the song of the worlds is sung descending too: from heaven to earth in the same fivefold concord.
The double unfolding is not pedantry: the world has two currents: ascent (the sacrificial smoke, the vapours, the upward striving of souls) and descent (rain, light, grace coming down) — and both are musical: concord has no "right direction": rising and falling are two strophes of one song (Gītā 3.14 will describe this same round: sacrifice — rain — food — creatures). He who hears the sāman in both currents does not confuse descending with falling: a descent too can be part of the concord.