प्राण इति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतानि प्राणमेवाभिसंविशन्ति प्राणमभ्युज्जिहते सैषा देवता प्रस्तावमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रास्तोष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति
He said: 'Prāṇa (the vital breath).' Indeed, all these beings enter into prāṇa and rise up from prāṇa. This deity is dependent on the Prastāva. If, not knowing this, you recite the Prastāva, your head would fall off—so I have declared.
अथ हैनमुद्गातोपससादोद्गातर्या देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुद्गास्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति
Then Udgātha approached him. For the Udgātṛ, the deity is dependent on the Udgītha. If, not knowing this, you sing the Udgītha, your head would fall off—so do not do it, revered sir. 'Which is that deity?' he asked.
आदित्य इति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतान्यादित्यमुच्चैः सन्तं गायन्ति सैषा देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुदगास्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति
He said: 'The sun (Āditya).' Indeed, all these beings sing to the sun as it rises high. This deity is dependent on the Udgītha. If, not knowing this, you sing the Udgītha, your head would fall off—so I have declared.
अथ हैनं प्रतिहर्तोपससाद प्रतिहर्तर्या देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रतिहरिष्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति
Then the Pratihartṛ approached him. For the Pratihartṛ, the deity is dependent on the Pratihāra. If, not knowing this, you recite the Pratihāra, your head would fall off—so do not do it, revered sir. 'Which is that deity?' he asked.
अन्नमिति होवाच सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतान्यन्नमेव प्रतिहरमाणानि जीवन्ति सैषा देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रत्यहरिष्यो मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यत्तथोक्तस्य मयेति तथोक्तस्य मयेति
He said: 'Food (Anna).' Indeed, all these beings live by taking in food. This deity is dependent on the Pratihāra. If, not knowing this, you recite the Pratihāra, your head would fall off—so I have declared, so I have declared.
शौव उद्गीथस्तद्ध बको दाल्भ्यो ग्लावो वा मैत्रेयः स्वाध्यायमुद्वव्राज
Śauva Udgītha—then Bako Dālbhya and Glāva, son of Maitreyī, went forth for study.
तस्मै श्वा श्वेतः प्रादुर्बभूव तमन्ये श्वान उपसमेत्योचुरन्नं नो भगवानागायत्वशनायाम वा इति
To him a white dog appeared. Other dogs gathered around and said, 'Sir, please sing for us; we are hungry.'
तान्होवाचेहैव मा प्रातरुपसमीयातेति तद्ध बको दाल्भ्यो ग्लावो वा मैत्रेयः प्रतिपालयाञ्चकार
He said to them, 'Do not come here in the morning.' So Bako Dālbhya and Glāva, son of Maitreyī, waited and watched.
ते ह यथैवेदं बहिष्पवमानेन स्तोष्यमाणाः सꣳरब्धाः सर्पन्तीत्येवमाससृपुस्ते ह समुपविश्य हिं चक्रुः
Just as those who are about to sing the Bahiṣpavamāna begin, so they started moving, slithering along. They sat together and made a sound: 'hiṃ.'
ओ3मदा3मों3पिबा3मों3 देवो वरुणः प्रजापतिः सविता3न्नमिहा2हरदन्नपते3ऽन्नमिहा2हरा2हरो3मिति
"Om, let us eat! Om, let us drink! The god Varuṇa, Prajāpati, Savitṛ has brought food here. O lord of food, bring food here, bring it, bring it!"
अयं वाव लोको हाउकारः वायुर्हाइकारश्चन्द्रमा कार आत्मेहकारोऽग्निरीकारः
This world is the 'hā' sound; the wind is the 'ikāra'; the moon is the 'kāra'; the self is the 'hakāra'; fire is the 'īkāra.'
आदित्य ऊकारो निहव एकारो विश्वे देवा औहोयिकारः प्रजापतिर्हिङ्कारः प्राणः स्वरोऽन्नं या वाग्विराट्
The sun is the 'ūkāra'; the call is the 'ekāra'; all the gods are the 'auhoyikāra'; Prajāpati is the 'hiṅkāra'; prāṇa is the svara; food is the yā; speech is Virāj.
स्तोभः सञ्चरो हुङ्कारः
Stobha is sañcara; huṅkāra.
दुग्धेऽस्मै वाग्दोहं यो वाचो दोहोऽन्नवानन्नादो भवति य एतामेवꣳ साम्नामुपनिषदं वेदोपनिषदं वेदेति
For him, speech yields milk. Whoever knows this Upaniṣad of the Sāmans, as the Upaniṣad of the Sāmans, becomes one who has food and who eats food.