Section 2.2
Original Sanskrit
2.2.1 लोकेषु पञ्चविधꣳ सामोपासीत पृथिवी हिङ्कारोऽग्निः प्रस्तावोऽन्तरिक्षमुद्गीथ आदित्यः प्रतिहारो द्यौर्निधनमित्यूर्ध्वेषु ॥ १ ॥
2.2.2 अथावृत्तेषु द्यौर्हिङ्कार आदित्यः प्रस्तावोऽन्तरिक्षमुद्गीथोऽग्निः प्रतिहारः पृथिवी निधनम् ॥ २ ॥
2.2.3 कल्पन्ते हास्मै लोका ऊर्ध्वाश्चावृत्ताश्च य एतदेवं विद्वाꣳल्लोकेषु पञ्चविधं सामोपास्ते ॥ ३ ॥
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.
2.2.1 One should meditate on the fivefold Saman in the worlds. Earth is Hinkara, fire is Prastava, the middle air is Udgitha, the sun is Pratihara, and heaven is Nidhana: this is the ascending order.
2.2.2 Now in the returning order: heaven is Hinkara, the sun is Prastava, the middle air is Udgitha, fire is Pratihara, and earth is Nidhana.
2.2.3 The worlds, both ascending and returning, make themselves ready for whoever knows thus and meditates on the fivefold Saman in the worlds.
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.
2.2.1 Meditate on the five-part Saman in the worlds. Going upward, earth is Hinkara, fire is Prastava, the space between earth and heaven is Udgitha, the sun is Pratihara, and heaven is Nidhana.
2.2.2 Coming back downward, heaven is Hinkara, the sun is Prastava, the space between earth and heaven is Udgitha, fire is Pratihara, and earth is Nidhana.
2.2.3 The worlds, both upward and downward, become available to someone who knows this and meditates on the five-part Saman in the worlds.
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Section 2.2 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 15 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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