अथ यदेतदक्ष्णः शुक्लं भाः सैवर्गथ यन्नीलं परः कृष्णं तत्साम तदेतदेतस्यामृच्यध्यूढं साम तस्मादृच्यध्यूढं साम गीयते यच्चैवाक्ष्णः शुक्लं भाः सैव साऽथ यन्नीलं परः कृष्णं तदमस्तत्साम
atha yadetadakṣṇaḥ śuklaṃ bhāḥ saivargatha yannīlaṃ paraḥ kṛṣṇaṃ tatsāma tadetadetasyāmṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma tasmādṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate yaccaivākṣṇaḥ śuklaṃ bhāḥ saiva sā'tha yannīlaṃ paraḥ kṛṣṇaṃ tadamastatsāma
Microcosmic optical structure mirroring the macrocosmic solar spectrum.
अर्थMeaning
आँख का जो यह श्वेत भाग है वह ऋक् है, और जो गहरा काला तारा है वह साम है। यह साम उस ऋक् पर प्रतिष्ठित है।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
Rik is the white light of the eye, Sâman the blue exceeding darkness. This Sâman (darkness) rests on the Rik (brightness). Therefore the Sâman is sung as resting on the Rik. Sâ is the white light of the eye, ama the blue exceeding darkness, and that makes Sâma.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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