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॥ अभिमन्थति स हिंकारो धूमो जायते स प्रस्तावो ज्वलति स उद्गीथोऽङ्गारा भवन्ति स प्रतिहार उपशाम्यति तन्निधनँ सँशाम्यति तन्निधनमेतद्रथंतरमग्नौ प्रोतम्
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|| abhimanthati sa hiMkAro dhUmo jAyate sa prastAvo jvalati sa udgItho.a~NgArA bhavanti sa pratihAra upashAmyati tannidhana{\m+} sa{\m+}shAmyati tannidhanametadrathaMtaramagnau protam
वसन्तो हिकारो भीष्मः परस्तावो वर्षा उद्रीथः वसन्त हकार हे, भ्रीष्म प्रस्ताव है, वर्षा उद्गीथ है, शरद् छतु प्रतिहार है, हेमन्त निधन दहै- यह तैराज साम चछतुओमिं बसन्तो हकारः प्राथम्यात् । सरवभथम होनेके कारण वसन्त ्रप्मः प्रस्ताव इत्यादि पू- दिकार ह, भष्म भरस्ताव ड इत्यादि
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
The hiṅkâra is, he rubs (the fire-stick); the prastâva, smoke rises; the udgîtha, it burns; the pratihâra, there are glowing coals; the nidhana, it goes down; the nidhana, it is gone out. This is the Rathantara Sâman as interwoven in fire .
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
॥ अभिमन्थति स हिंकारो धूमो जायते स प्रस्तावो ज्वलति स उद्गीथोऽङ्गारा भवन्ति स प्रतिहार उपशाम्यति तन्निधनँ सँशाम्यति तन्निधनमेतद्रथंतरमग्नौ प्रोतम्
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
The hiṅkâra is, he rubs (the fire-stick); the prastâva, smoke rises; the udgîtha, it burns; the pratihâra, there are glowing coals; the nidhana, it goes down; the nidhana, it is gone out. This is the Rathantara Sâman as interwoven in fire .
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: The hiṅkâra is, he rubs (the fire-stick); the prastâva, smoke rises; the udgîtha, it burns; the pratihâra, there are glowing coals; the nidhana, it goes down; the nidhana, it is gone out. This is the Rathantara Sâman as interwoven in fire .
Sense: The hiṅkâra is, he rubs (the fire-stick); the prastâva, smoke rises; the udgîtha, it burns; the pratihâra, there are glowing coals; the nidhana, it goes down; the nidhana, it is gone out. This is the Rathantara Sâman as interwoven in fire .
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
वसन्तो हिकारो भीष्मः परस्तावो वर्षा उद्रीथः वसन्त हकार हे, भ्रीष्म प्रस्ताव है, वर्षा उद्गीथ है, शरद् छतु प्रतिहार है, हेमन्त निधन दहै- यह तैराज साम चछतुओमिं बसन्तो हकारः प्राथ…। अनुभव तब स्पष्ट होता है जब उसे किसी एक घटना का आकस्मिक संयोग न मानकर एक नियम की तरह देखा जाए। यह पंक्ति उसी नियम को इस प्रसंग में रखती है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
- sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/chhandogya.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
- Translations
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- 2026-10-16
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