उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 2,9.6
॥
देवनागरी
अथ यत् ऊर्ध्वम् मध्यंदिनात् प्राक् अपराह्णात् सः प्रतिहारः तत् अस्य गर्भाः अन्वायत्ताः तस्मात् ते प्रतिहृताः न अवपद्यन्ते प्रतिहारभाजिनः हि एतस्य साम्नः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
atha yat ūrdhvam madhyaṃdināt prāk aparāhṇāt saḥ pratihāraḥ tat asya garbhāḥ anvāyattāḥ tasmāt te pratihṛtāḥ na avapadyante pratihārabhājinaḥ hi etasya sāmnaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अथathathereupon; then
यत्yatwhich; that which
ऊर्ध्वम्ūrdhvamhigher; further
मध्यंदिनात्madhyaṃdinātafter midday; from the middle of the day
प्राक्prākbefore; earlier
अपराह्णात्aparāhṇāttill late afternoon (aparāhṇa — the afternoon); until the afternoon; until the evening hour
सःsaḥhe; that one
प्रतिहारःpratihāraḥpratihāra; the responding part
तत्tatthat; this
अस्यasyaof this; it
गर्भाःgarbhāḥthe embryos (garbha); the fruits of the womb; the conceived
अन्वायत्ताःanvāyattāḥbound up; dependent
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore; for that reason
तेteto you; for you
प्रतिहृताःpratihṛtāḥthey are held fast (prati-√hṛ); they are taken up; they are caught
नnanot; no
अवपद्यन्तेavapadyantethey fall away (ava-√pad); they drop off; they miscarry
प्रतिहारभाजिनःpratihārabhājinaḥsharers in the pratihāra; having a share in the responding part
हिhiindeed; truly
एतस्यetasyaof this; from this
साम्नःsāmnaḥthe samāna; of the chant
अनुवाद
Now what is after midday and before the late afternoon — that is the pratihāra; with it the embryos are bound up; therefore they are held up and do not fall out: for they have a share in the pratihāra of this sāman.
संस्करण
04831cf7bf6b · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 10:38:01 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fifth beat: from midday to the late afternoon is the pratihāra, the "taking-up-and-holding"; tad asya garbhā anvāyattāḥ — "with it the embryos are bound up": tasmāt te pratihṛtā nāvapadyante — "therefore they are taken up (prati-hṛta!) and do not fall out": the play of the root √hṛ is perfect: the pratihāra is the part of holding, and the embryos held in the womb are its partakers.
The sense of the hour runs deep: the afternoon is the time of gestation: the light has begun to wane, but everything conceived in the day is held and ripens: the day has its own hour of pregnancy. So the mystery of invisible ripening is written into the song of the day: not everything in a concord sounds — there is a beat of silent holding, and it stands no lower than the udgītha: without the pratihāra, noon would never become fruit.