Library·Chāndogya Upaniṣad·2·2.5

Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.5

ChU 2.5.1

ऋतुषु पञ्चविधं सामोपासीत । वसन्तो हिङ्कारः । ग्रीष्मः प्रस्तावः । वर्षा उद्गीथः । शरत् प्रतिहारः । हेमन्तो निधनम्

ṛtuṣu pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāsīta | vasanto hiṅkāraḥ | grīṣmaḥ prastāvaḥ | varṣā udgīthaḥ | śarat pratihāraḥ | hemanto nidhanam

Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sâman as the seasons. The hinkâra is spring, the prastâva summer (harvest of yava, &c), the udgîtha the rainy season, the pratihâra autumn, the nidhana winter.

Translated by F. Max Müller

ChU 2.5.2

कल्पन्ते हास्मा ऋतव ऋतुमान् भवति य एतद् एवं विद्वान् ऋतुषु पञ्चविधं सामोपास्ते

kalpante hāsmā ṛtava ṛtumān bhavati ya etad evaṃ vidvān ṛtuṣu pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāste

The seasons belong to him, nay, he is always in season (successful) who knowing this meditates on the fivefold Sâman as the seasons.

Translated by F. Max Müller