Section 2.1
Original Sanskrit
2.1.1 समस्तस्य खलु साम्न उपासनꣳ साधु यत्खलु साधु तत्सामेत्याचक्षते यदसाधु तदसामेति ॥ १ ॥
2.1.2 तदुताप्याहुः साम्नैनमुपागादिति साधुनैनमुपागादित्येव तदाहुरसाम्नैनमुपागादित्यसाधुनैनमुपगादित्येव तदाहुः ॥ २ ॥
2.1.3 अथोताप्याहुः साम नो बतेति यत्साधु भवति साधु बतेत्येव तदाहुरसाम नो बतेति यदसाधु भवत्यसाधु बतेत्येव तदाहुः ॥ ३ ॥
2.1.4 स य एतदेवं विद्वान्साधु सामेत्युपास्तेऽभ्याशो ह यदेनꣳसाधवो धर्मा आ च गच्छेयुरुप च नमेयुः ॥ ४ ॥
Musean translation
Complete machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from the Sanskrit, independently of the Plain English edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
2.1.1 Meditation on the Saman in its entirety is good. What is good they call sama; what is not good they call asama.
2.1.2 People also say, "He approached him with sama," meaning, "He approached him well." They say, "He approached him with asama," meaning, "He approached him badly."
2.1.3 Again, when something good happens, they say, "Sama has come to us!" meaning, "Good has come to us!" When something bad happens, they say, "Asama has come to us!" meaning, "Bad has come to us!"
2.1.4 Whoever knows thus and meditates on the Saman as good is soon approached by good qualities, and they bow before that person.
Plain English translation
Complete machine-assisted Plain English translation made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, not from the Musean edition. All eight books and the closing invocation are retained.
2.1.1 Meditation on the whole Saman is good. People call what is good saman, and what is not good asaman.
2.1.2 When people say, "He approached him with saman," they mean he approached him in a good way. When they say, "He approached him with asaman," they mean he approached him in a bad way.
2.1.3 When something good happens, people also say, "This is saman for us!" They mean, "This is good!" When something bad happens, they say, "This is asaman for us!" They mean, "This is bad!"
2.1.4 Someone who knows this and meditates on the Saman as good may quickly find that good qualities come to them and place themselves at their service.
About this section
Section 2.1 is part of Chandogya Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 14 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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