Rik and Saman

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> Now with reference to the body: Speech is the Rik and the prana is

> the Saman. This Saman (the prana) rests on that Rik (speech).

Therefore

> the Saman is sung, resting on the Rik. Sa is speech, ama is the

prana;

> thus they (speech and the prana) are designated as Sama.

>

> Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, VII - The Person in the Eye, 1

>

>

> The eye is the Rik and the atman is the Saman. This Saman (the

atman)

> rests on that Rik (speech). Therefore the Saman is sung, resting

on the

> Rik. Sa is the eye, ama is the atman; thus they (the eye and the

atman)

> are designated as Saman.

>

> Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, VII - The Person in the Eye, 2

>

>

> The ear is the Rik and the mind is the Saman. This Saman (the mind)

> rests on that Rik (the ear). Therefore the Saman is sung, resting

on the

> Rik. Sa is the ear, ama is the mind; thus they (the ear and the

mind)

> are designated as Sama.

>

> Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, VII - The Person in the Eye, 3

>

>

> Now, the white radiance of the eye is the Rik and its blue intense

> darkness is the Saman. This Saman (darkness) rests on that Rik

> (radiance). Therefore the Saman is sung, resting on the Rik. Sa is

the

> white radiance of the eye, ama is its blue intense darkness; thus

they

> (the radiance and the darkness) are designated as Sama.

>

> Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, VII - The Person in the Eye, 4

>

>

> Now, the person who is seen in the eye is the Rik, he is the

Saman, he is

> the Uktha, he is the Yajus, he is Brahman. The form of this person

in the

> eye is the same as the form of that person in the sun. The joints

this

> person in the eye are the same as the joints of that person in the

sun;

> the name of this one (Ut) is the same as the name of that one.

>

> Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, VII - The Person in the Eye, 5

 

 

ONS..Tony.