अथाध्यात्मं वागेवर्ग प्राणः साम तदेतदेतस्यामृच्यध्यूढं साम तस्मादृच्यध्यूढं साम गीयते वागेव सा प्राणोऽमस्तत्साम
athādhyātmaṃ vāgevarga prāṇaḥ sāma tadetadetasyāmṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma tasmādṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate vāgeva sā prāṇo'mastatsāma
The internal subjective correspondence: voice and breath.
अर्थMeaning
अब अध्यात्म में: वाणी ही ऋक् है और प्राण साम है। वाणी 'सा' है, प्राण 'अम' है — यही साम है।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
Now with reference to the body. Rik is speech, Sâman breath . This Sâman (breath) rests on that Rik (speech). Therefore the Sâman is sung as resting on the Rik. Sâ is speech, ama is breath, and that makes Sâma.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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