Section 2.7
Original Sanskrit
2.7.1 प्राणेषु पञ्चविधं परोवरीयः सामोपासीत प्राणो हिङ्कारो वाक्प्रस्तावश्चक्षुरुद्गीथः श्रोत्रं प्रतिहारो मनो निधनं परोवरीयाꣳसि वा एतानि ॥ १ ॥
2.7.2 परोवरीयो हास्य भवति परोवरीयसो ह लोकाञ्जयति य एतदेवं विद्वान्प्राणेषु पञ्चविधं परोवरीयः सामोपास्त इति तु पञ्चविधस्य ॥ २ ॥
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.
2.7.1 One should meditate on the fivefold Saman, higher than the high, in the vital powers. Life-breath is Hinkara; speech is Prastava; the eye is Udgitha; the ear is Pratihara; mind is Nidhana. These rise higher than the high.
2.7.2 Whoever knows thus and meditates on the fivefold Saman, higher than the high, in the vital powers gains what is higher than the high and wins worlds higher than the high. So much for the fivefold.
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.
2.7.1 Meditate on the five-part Saman in the vital powers, with each greater than the one before it. Breath is Hinkara, speech is Prastava, sight is Udgitha, hearing is Pratihara, and mind is Nidhana. Each of these is greater than the one before it.
2.7.2 Someone who knows this and meditates on the five-part Saman in the vital powers, each greater than the one before it, has an increasingly excellent life and wins increasingly excellent worlds. That completes the teaching about the five-part Saman.
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Section 2.7 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 20 of 154 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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