Chandogya Upanishad — Chapter 2: Prapathaka 2: The Sama as the Universe

82 verses

Verse 1

Meditation on the whole of the Sâman is good, and people, when anything is good, say it is Sâman; when it is not good, it is not Sâman.

Verse 2

Thus they also say, he approached him with Sâman, i.e. becomingly; and he approached him without Sâman, i. e. unbecomingly.

Verse 3

And they also say, truly this is Sâman for us, i.e. it is good for us, when it is good; and truly that is not Sâman for us, i. e. it is not good for …

Verse 4

If any one knowing this meditates on the Sâman as good, depend upon it all good qualities will approach quickly, aye, they will become his own.

Verse 5

Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sâman as the five worlds. The hinkâra is the earth, the prastâva the fire, the udgîtha the sky, the pratihâra the …