Section 2.10
Original Sanskrit
2.10.1 अथ खल्वात्मसंमितमतिमृत्यु सप्तविधꣳ सामोपासीत हिङ्कार इति त्र्यक्षरं प्रस्ताव इति त्र्यक्षरं तत्समम् ॥ १ ॥
2.10.2 आदिरिति द्व्यक्षरं प्रतिहार इति चतुरक्षरं तत इहैकं तत्समम् ॥ २ ॥
2.10.3 उद्गीथ इति त्र्यक्षरमुपद्रव इति चतुरक्षरं त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः समं भवत्यक्षरमतिशिष्यते त्र्यक्षरं तत्समम् ॥ ३ ॥
2.10.4 निधनमिति त्र्यक्षरं तत्सममेव भवति तानि ह वा एतानि द्वाविꣳशतिरक्षराणि ॥ ४ ॥
2.10.5 एकविꣳशत्यादित्यमाप्नोत्येकविꣳशो वा इतोऽसावादित्यो द्वाविꣳशेन परमादित्याज्जयति तन्नाकं तद्विशोकम् ॥ ५ ॥
2.10.6 आप्नोति हादित्यस्य जयं परो हास्यादित्यजयाज्जयो भवति य एतदेवं विद्वानात्मसंमितमतिमृत्यु सप्तविधꣳ सामोपास्ते सामोपास्ते ॥ ६ ॥
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.
2.10.1 One should also meditate on the sevenfold Saman as equal in its own measure and passing beyond death. Hinkara has three syllables; Prastava has three syllables: they are equal.
2.10.2 Adi has two syllables; Pratihara has four. Take one from there and place it here: they are equal.
2.10.3 Udgitha has three syllables; Upadrava has four. Three match three; one syllable remains over. Akshara, "syllable," has three syllables: they are equal.
2.10.4 Nidhana has three syllables: it too is equal. These syllables number twenty-two.
2.10.5 Through twenty-one one reaches the sun, for that sun is the twenty-first from here. Through the twenty-second one wins what is beyond the sun. That is the height of heaven; that is free from sorrow.
2.10.6 Whoever knows thus and meditates on the sevenfold Saman as equal in its own measure and passing beyond death wins the sun. Beyond the conquest of the sun lies that person's conquest—whoever meditates on the Saman, meditates on the Saman.
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.
2.10.1 Also meditate on the seven-part Saman as equal in all its parts and as going beyond death. Hinkara has three syllables, and Prastava has three syllables. They are equal.
2.10.2 Adi has two syllables, and Pratihara has four. Take one from there and put it here: they are equal.
2.10.3 Udgitha has three syllables, and Upadrava has four. Three and three are equal, and one syllable remains. The word akshara, "syllable," itself has three syllables: they are equal.
2.10.4 Nidhana has three syllables. It too is equal. These syllables total twenty-two.
2.10.5 With twenty-one one reaches the sun, because the sun is the twenty-first from here. With the twenty-second one wins what lies beyond the sun. That is heaven, free from sorrow.
2.10.6 Someone who knows this and meditates on the seven-part Saman as equal in all its parts and as going beyond death wins the sun. Their victory extends beyond the winning of the sun—someone who meditates on the Saman.
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