{
  "id": "upanishads/chandogya.2.9.8",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.8/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "chandogya.2.9.8",
  "speaker": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "अथ यत्प्रथमास्तमिते तन्निधनं तदस्य पितरोऽन्वायत्तास्तस्मात्तान्निदधति निधनभाजिनो ह्येतस्य साम्न एवं खल्वमुमादित्यꣳ सप्तविधꣳ सामोपास्ते ॥ २.९.८ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "atha yatprathamāstamite tannidhanaṃ tadasya pitaro'nvāyattāstasmāttānnidadhati nidhanabhājino hyetasya sāmna evaṃ khalvamumādityaṃ saptavidhaṃ sāmopāste || 2.9.8 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "atha",
      "meaning": "now, then",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yat",
      "meaning": "which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prathamā",
      "meaning": "first",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "astamite",
      "meaning": "at sunset",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tat",
      "meaning": "that",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nidhanam",
      "meaning": "the nidhana (closing)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tat",
      "meaning": "that",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asya",
      "meaning": "of this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pitaraḥ",
      "meaning": "the fathers (ancestors)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "anvāyattāḥ",
      "meaning": "dependent upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tasmāt",
      "meaning": "therefore",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tān",
      "meaning": "them",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nidadhati",
      "meaning": "they lay down, deposit",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "nidhana-bhājinaḥ",
      "meaning": "sharers in the nidhana",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "hi",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etasya",
      "meaning": "of this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sāmnaḥ",
      "meaning": "of the sāman",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "evam",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "khalu",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "amum",
      "meaning": "that",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ādityam",
      "meaning": "the sun",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saptavidham",
      "meaning": "sevenfold",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sāma",
      "meaning": "sāman",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāste",
      "meaning": "one meditates upon",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "अब जो सूर्यास्त के समय प्रथम है, वह निधन है; उस पर पितर आश्रित हैं। इसलिए वे उन्हें रखते हैं, क्योंकि वे इस साम के निधन के भागी हैं। इस प्रकार निश्चय ही वह आदित्य को सप्तविध साम के रूप में उपासना करता है।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "சூரியன் மறையும் வேளையில் முதலாவதாக இருப்பது நிதனம்; அதனைச் சார்ந்தவர்கள் முன்னோர்கள். ஆகவே அவர்கள் அவர்களை வைக்கின்றனர்; ஏனெனில் அவர்கள் இந்த சாமத்தின் நிதனத்தில் பங்குகொள்பவர்கள். இவ்வாறு, அந்த ஆதித்தியனை ஏழு வகை சாமமாக உபாசிப்பவன் உண்மையாகவே உபாசிக்கிறான்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "సూర్యాస్తమయ సమయంలో మొదటిది నిధనం; దానికి అధీనులు పితరులు. కాబట్టి వారు వారిని ఉంచుతారు; ఎందుకంటే వారు ఈ సామ నిధనానికి భాగస్థులు. ఈ విధంగా, ఆదిత్యుడిని ఏడు విధాల సామంగా నిశ్చయంగా ఉపాసిస్తాడు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತದ ವೇಳೆ ಮೊದಲಿನದು ನಿಧನ; ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಧೀನರು ಪಿತೃಗಳು. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವರು ಅವರನ್ನು ಇಡುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅವರು ಈ ಸಾಮದ ನಿಧನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲುಗಾರರು. ಹೀಗೆ, ಆದಿತ್ಯನನ್ನು ಏಳು ವಿಧದ ಸಾಮವೆಂದು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವವನು ಖಂಡಿತವಾಗಿ ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "സൂര്യാസ്തമയ സമയത്ത് ആദ്യമുള്ളതാണ് നിധനം; അതിന് വിധേയർ പിതൃക്കളാണ്. അതിനാൽ അവർ അവരെ വയ്ക്കുന്നു; ഈ സാമത്തിന്റെ നിധനത്തിൽ അവർ പങ്കാളികളാണ്. ഇപ്രകാരം, ആദിത്യനെ ഏഴുവിധ സാമമായി ഉപാസിക്കുന്നവൻ തീർച്ചയായും ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "সূর্যাস্তের সময় প্রথম যা, তা নিধন; তার উপর পিতৃরা নির্ভরশীল। তাই তাঁরা তাঁদের স্থাপন করেন, কারণ তাঁরা এই সামের নিধনের অংশভাগী। এভাবেই, আদিত্যকে সপ্তবিধ সাম রূপে উপাসনা করা হয়।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "सूर्यास्ताच्या वेळी पहिले जे आहे ते निधन; त्यावर पितर अवलंबून आहेत. म्हणून ते त्यांना ठेवतात, कारण ते या सामाच्या निधनाचे भागीदार आहेत. अशा प्रकारे, आदित्याची सप्तविध साम म्हणून उपासना करणारा खरोखरच उपासना करतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "સૂર્યાસ્ત સમયે પ્રથમ જે છે તે નિધન છે; તેના પર પિતૃઓ આધારિત છે. તેથી તેઓ તેમને મૂકે છે, કારણ કે તેઓ આ સામના નિધનના ભાગીદાર છે. આ રીતે, આદિત્યને સપ્તવિધ સામ તરીકે ઉપાસના કરનાર ખરેખર ઉપાસના કરે છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਸੂਰਜ ਡੁੱਬਣ ਵੇਲੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਜੋ ਹੈ ਉਹ ਨਿਧਨ ਹੈ; ਉਸ ਦੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਪਿਤਰ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਰੱਖਦੇ ਹਨ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਹ ਇਸ ਸਾਮ ਦੇ ਨਿਧਨ ਦੇ ਭਾਗੀਦਾਰ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ, ਆਦਿੱਤ ਨੂੰ ਸੱਤ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦਾ ਸਾਮ ਮੰਨ ਕੇ ਜੋ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸੱਚਮੁੱਚ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟାସ୍ତ ସମୟରେ ପ୍ରଥମ ଯାହା ତାହା ନିଧନ; ତାହାର ଅଧୀନ ପିତୃଗଣ। ଅତଏବ ସେମାନେ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ରଖନ୍ତି, କାରଣ ସେମାନେ ଏହି ସାମର ନିଧନର ଭାଗୀଦାର। ଏହିପରି, ଆଦିତ୍ୟକୁ ସପ୍ତବିଧ ସାମ ରୂପେ ଉପାସନା କରୁଥିବା ଲୋକ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଉପାସନା କରେ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "غروبِ آفتاب کے وقت جو پہلا ہے وہ نِدھَن ہے؛ اس کے تابع پِتر ہیں۔ اس لیے وہ انہیں رکھتے ہیں، کیونکہ وہ اس ساما کے نِدھَن میں حصہ دار ہیں۔ اسی طرح جو آدتیہ کی سات قسم کے ساما کے طور پر عبادت کرتا ہے، وہ واقعی عبادت کرتا ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Now, what is first at sunset: that is the nidhana, and upon it depend the ancestors. Therefore they lay them down, for they are sharers in the nidhana of this sāman. Thus indeed one worships this sun as the sevenfold sāman.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Ahora bien, lo primero al ponerse el sol es el nidhana; de él dependen los antepasados. Por eso los depositan, pues son partícipes del nidhana de este sāman. Así, en verdad, se venera a este sol como el sāman sevenfold.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Or, ce qui est premier au coucher du soleil, c'est le nidhana ; de lui dépendent les ancêtres. C'est pourquoi on les dépose, car ils participent au nidhana de ce sāman. Ainsi, en vérité, on vénère ce soleil comme le sāman septuple.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Was beim Sonnenuntergang das Erste ist, das ist das nidhana; von ihm hängen die Ahnen ab. Darum legt man sie bei, denn sie haben Anteil am nidhana dieses sāman. So verehrt man wahrlich diese Sonne als das siebenfache sāman.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Agora, o que é primeiro no pôr do sol é o nidhana; dele dependem os antepassados. Por isso os depositam, pois são partícipes do nidhana deste sāman. Assim, de fato, adora-se este sol como o sāman sétuplo.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "То, что первым приходит на закате, есть нидхана; от неё зависят предки. Поэтому их и укладывают, ибо они участвуют в нидхане этого самана. Так действительно почитают это солнце как семеричный саман.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "日落时首先出现的，即是尼陀那；祖先依赖于它。因此人们安置他们，因为他们是此娑摩尼陀那的分享者。如此，确实是把此太阳当作七分娑摩来崇拜。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "さて、日没に最初にあるもの、それがニダーナである。それに依存するのが祖霊である。それゆえ人々は彼らを置く。彼らはこの娑摩のニダーナに与るからである。このように、実にこの太陽を七種の娑摩として崇拝するのである。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "أما ما يأتي أولا عند غروب الشمس فهو النيدانا؛ وعليه يعتمد الآباء. لذلك يضعونهم، لأنهم شركاء في نيدانا هذا السامان. وهكذا يعبد المرء حقا هذه الشمس بوصفها السامان السباعي.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Adapun yang pertama saat matahari terbenam adalah nidhana; padanya bergantung para leluhur. Oleh sebab itu mereka diletakkan, karena mereka pembagi nidhana sāman ini. Demikianlah sesungguhnya matahari ini dipuja sebagai sāman tujuh bagian.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ต่อไป สิ่งที่มาก่อนในเวลาอาทิตย์ตกคือนิธนะ และบรรพบุรุษขึ้นอยู่กับส่วนนั้น เพราะเหตุนั้น บรรพบุรุษจึงวางร่างเหล่านั้นลง เพราะเป็นผู้มีส่วนในนิธนะของสามเวทนี้ ผู้บูชาอาทิตย์นั้นในฐานะสามเวทเจ็ดส่วนดังนี้แล",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Wikisource, page “छान्दोग्योपनिषद्/अध्यायः २” (revision 311182)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%2F%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8&oldid=311182"
  },
  "topics": [
    "nidhana",
    "sama",
    "ancestors",
    "sacrifice"
  ],
  "citation": "Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.8. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.8/"
}