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Chandogya Upanisad
Chapter One
1.5
1. What the Udgitha is, the reverberation (pranava) is: what the reverberation is, the Udgitha is. So the sun is the Udgitha: it is the reverberation, since it moves with the sound OM.
2. 'I sang only of the one: that is why I have just you,' said Kausitaki to his son. 'You must reflect on its rays, then you will have many.'
So much regarding deities.
3. Now regarding oneself:
One should contemplate the breath in the mouth as the Udgitha, since it moves with the sound OM.
4. 'I sang only of the one: that is why I have just you,' said Kausitaki to his son. 'You must sing of the breaths as abundance, thinking "I will have many".'
5. What the Udgitha is, the reverberation is: what the reverberation is, the Udgitha is. Knowing this, even if the Udgitha is badly sung, one puts it right again from the Hotr's seat. One puts it right again.
1.6
1. The earth is the rc: fire is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. This is sa: fire is ama. Hence 'saman'.
2. Middle-air is the rc: air is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. Middle-air is sa: air is ama. Hence 'saman'.
3. Sky is the rc: the sun is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. Sky is sa: the sun is ama. Hence 'saman'.
4. The constellations are the rc: the moon is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. The constellations are sa: the moon is ama. Hence 'saman'.
5. The white light of the sun is the rc: the blue light, deeper than black, is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc.
6. The white light of the sun is sa: the blue light, deeper than black, is ama. Hence 'saman'. The person made of gold who is seen within the sun, with golden beard, golden hair, all golden to the nail-tips.
7. Has eyes like the monkey-face lotus. His name is Ud. He has risen (udita) above all evils. The one who knows this rises above all evils.
8. The rc and the saman are his minstrels. Hence 'Udgitha'; hence, indeed, 'Udgatr', since he is Ud's singer (gatr). 'He rules over the worlds which are beyond that, and over the desires of the gods.
So much regarding deities.
1.7
1. Now regarding oneself:
Speech is the rc: breath is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. Speech is sa: breath is ama. Hence 'saman'.
2. The eye is the rc: the self is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. The eye is sa: the self is ama. Hence 'saman'.
3. The ear is the rc: the mind is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. The ear is sa: the mind is ama. Hence 'saman'.
4. The white light of the eye is the rc: the blue light, deeper than black, is the saman. So the saman is carried on the rc. When the saman is sung it is carried on the rc. The white light of the eye is sa: the blue light, deeper than black, is ama. Hence 'saman'.
5. The person who is seen within the eye that is the rc; that is the saman; that is the Uktha; that is the yajus; that is brahman. This one's form is that one's form, this one's minstrels are that one's minstrels; this one's name is that one's name.
6.'He rules over the worlds which are below this, and over the desires of human beings.' Those who sing to the lute sing of him, and so are rewarded with wealth.
7. The one who, knowing this, sings the saman sings of both. Through that one he gains the worlds which are beyond that, and the desires of the gods.
8. Through this one he gains the worlds which are below this, and the desires of human beings. Therefore the Udgatr. Who knows this should say,
9. 'What desire of yours should I sing into being?': for the one who, knowing this, sings the saman has the power of singing desires into being: the one who sings the saman.
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