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Let a man meditate on the syllable Om, called the udgîtha; for the udgîtha (a portion of the Sâma-veda) is sung, begi…
The essence of all beings is the earth, the essence of the earth is water, the essence of water the plants, the essen…
That udgîtha (Om) is the best of all essences, the highest, deserving the highest place, the eighth.
What then is the Rik? What is the Sâman? What is the udgîtha? This is the question.
The Rik indeed is speech, Sâman is breath, the udgîtha is the syllable Om. Now speech and breath, or Rik and Sâman, f…
And that couple is joined together in the syllable Om. When two people come together, they fulfil each other's desire.
Thus he who knowing this, meditates on the syllable (Om), the udgîtha, becomes indeed a fulfiller of desires.
That syllable is a syllable of permission, for whenever we permit anything, we say Om, yes. Now permission is gratifi…
By that syllable does the threefold knowledge (the sacrifice, more particularly the Soma-sacrifice, as founded on the…
Now therefore it would seem to follow, that both he who knows this (the true meaning of the syllable Om), and he who …