Chānd-Mül, 1879-848. What he is when he first sets, that is the nidhana. On it the fathers are dependent. Therefore they put them down (nidadhati), for they share the nidhana of that Saman. Thus a man meditates on the sevenfold Saman as the sun.
Chānd-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.atha yatprathamāstamite ’darśanaṃ jigamiṣati savitari tannidhanaṃ tadasya pitaro ’nvāyattāstasmāttānnidadhati pitṛpitāmahaprapitāmaharūpeṇa darbheṣu nikṣipanti tāṃstadarthaṃ piṇḍānvā sthāpayanti | nidhanasambandhānnidhanabhājino hyetasya sāmnaḥ pitaraḥ | evamavayavaśaḥ saptadhā vibhaktaṃ khalvamumādityaṃ saptavidhaṃ sāmopāste yastasya tadāpattiḥ phalamiti vākyaśeṣaḥ || 8 ||
iti chāndogyopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāyasya navamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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