iyam evark | agniḥ sāma | tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma | tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate | iyam eva sā | agnir amaḥ | tat sāma
The Rik (veda) is this earth, the Sâman (veda) is fire. This Sâman (fire) rests on that Rik (earth). Therefore the Sâman is sung as resting on the Rik. Sâ is this earth, ama is fire, and that makes Sâma.
antarikṣam evark | vāyuḥ sāma | tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma | tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate | antarikṣam eva sā | vāyur amaḥ | tat sāma
The Rik is the sky, the Sâman air. This Sâman (air) rests on that Rik (sky). Therefore the Sâman is sung as resting on the Rik. Sâ is the sky, ama the air, and that makes Sâma.
dyaur evark | ādityaḥ sāma | tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma | tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate | dyaur eva sā | ādityo 'maḥ | tat sāma
Rik is heaven, Sâman the sun. This Sâman (sun) rests on that Rik (heaven). Therefore the Sâman is sung as resting on the Rik. Sâ is heaven, ama the sun, and that makes Sâma.
nakṣatrāny evark | candramāḥ sāma | tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma | tasmād ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate | nakṣatrāṇy eva sā | candramā amaḥ | tat sāma
Rik is the stars, Sâman the moon. This Sâman (moon) rests on that Rik (stars). Therefore the Sâman is sung as resting on the Rik. Sâ is the stars, ama the moon, and that makes Sâma.
atha yad etad ādityasya śuklaṃ bhāḥ saivark | atha yan nīlaṃ paraḥkṛṣṇaṃ tat sāma | tad etad etasyām ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma | tasmad ṛcy adhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate
Rik is the white light of the sun, Sâman the blue exceeding darkness (in the sun). This Sâman (darkness) rests on that Rik (brightness). Therefore the Sâman is sung as resting on the Rik.
atha yad evaitad ādityasya śuklaṃ bhāḥ saiva sā | atha yan nīlaṃ paraḥkṛṣṇaṃ tad amaḥ | tat sāma | atha ya eṣo 'ntarāditye hiraṇmayaḥ puruṣo dṛśyate hiraṇyaśmaśrur hiraṇyakeśa ā praṇakhāt sarva eva suvarnaḥ
Sâ is the white light of the sun, ama the blue exceeding darkness, and that makes Sâma. Now that golden person, who is seen within the sun, with golden beard and golden hair, golden altogether to the very tips of his nails,
तस्यर्क् च साम च गेष्णौ । तस्माद् उद्गीथः । तस्मात् त्व् एव उद्गाता । एतस्य हि गाता । स एष ये चामुष्मात् पराञ्चो लोकास् तेषां चेष्ट देवकामानां च । इत्य् अधिदैवतम्
tasyark ca sāma ca geṣṇau | tasmād udgīthaḥ | tasmāt tv eva udgātā | etasya hi gātā | sa eṣa ye cāmuṣmāt parāñco lokās teṣāṃ ceṣṭa devakāmānāṃ ca | ity adhidaivatam
Rik and Sâman are his joints, and therefore he is udgîtha. And therefore he who praises him (the ut) is called the Ud-gâtri (the out-singer). He (the golden person, called ut) is lord of the worlds beyond that (sun), and of all the wishes of the Devas (inhabiting those worlds). So much with reference to the Devas.