इयमेवर्गग्निः साम तदेतदेतस्यामृच्यध्यूढं साम तस्मादृच्यध्यूढं साम गीयत इयमेव साग्निरमस्तत्साम
iyamevargagniḥ sāma tadetadetasyāmṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma tasmādṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyata iyameva sāgniramastatsāma
Earth is the grounding matrix (Sa/Rik); Fire is the rising energy (Ama/Saman). Together they constitute the harmony of existence (Saman).
अर्थMeaning
यह पृथिवी ही ऋक् है और अग्नि साम है। यह साम इस ऋक् पर प्रतिष्ठित है, इसीलिये ऋचा पर स्थित करके साम गाया जाता है। पृथिवी 'सा' है, अग्नि 'अम' है — इसी से 'साम' बना।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
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.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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