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Now follows the meditation on the udgîtha with reference to the gods. Let a man meditate on the udgîtha (Om) as he wh…
This (the breath in the mouth) and that (the sun) are the same. This is hot and that is hot. This they call svara (so…
Then let a man meditate on the udgîtha (Om) as vyâna indeed. If we breathe up, that is prâna, the up-breathing. If we…
Speech is Rik, and therefore when a man utters a Rik verse he neither breathes up nor down. Rik is Sâman, and therefo…
And other works also which require strength, such as the production of fire by rubbing, running a race, stringing a s…
Let a man meditate on the syllables of the udgîtha, i. e. of the word udgîtha. Ut is breath (prâna), for by means of …
Ut is heaven, gî the sky, tha the earth. Ut is the sun, gî the air, tha the fire. Ut is the Sâma-veda, gî the Yagur-v…
Next follows the fulfilment of prayers. Let a man thus meditate on the Upasaranas, i. e. the objects which have to be…
Let him quickly reflect on the Rik in which that Sâman occurs; on the Rishi (poet) by whom it was seen or composed; o…
On the metre in which he is going to praise; on the tune with which he is going to sing for himself;
On the quarter of the world which he is going to praise. Lastly, having approached himself (his name, family, &c.) by…