iyam evark |
agniḥ sāma |
tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma |
tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate |
iyam eva sā |
agnir amaḥ |
tat sāma ||
1. SIXTH KHANDA
The Rik (veda) is this earth, the Saman (veda) is fire. This Saman (fire) rests on that.Rik (earth). Therefore the Saman is sung as resting on the Rik. Sa is this earth, ama is fire, and that makes Sama.
athedānīṃ sarvaphalasampattyarthamudgīthasyopāsanāntaraṃ vidhitsyate-iyameva pṛthivyṛk | ṛci pṛthivīdṛṣṭiḥ kāryā | tathāgniḥ sāma | sāmnyagnidṛṣṭiḥ | kathaṃ pṛthivyagnyor ṛksāmatvamiti | ucyate | tadetattadetadagnyākhyaṃ sāmaitasyāṃ pṛthivyāmṛcyadhyūḍhamadhigatamuparibhāvena sthitamityarthaḥ | ṛcīva sāma | tasmādata eva kāraṇādṛcyadhyūḍhameva sāma gīyata idānīmapi sāmagaiḥ | yathā ca ṛksāmanī nātyantaṃ bhinne anyonyaṃ tathaitau pṛthivyagnidvayaṃ sāmaikaśabdābhidheyatvamāpannaṃ sāma | tasmānnānyonyaṃ bhinnaṃ pṛthivyagnidvayaṃ nityasaṃśliṣṭamṛksāmanī iva | tasmācca pṛthivyagnyor ṛksāmatvamityarthaḥ | sāmākṣarayoḥ pṛthivyagnidṛṣṭividhānārthamiyameva sāgnirama iti kecit || 1 ||
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Prapāṭhaka 1