Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 1.4
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Chāndogya 1.4.1
ओमित्येतदक्षरमुद्गीथमुपासीतोमिति ह्युद्गायति तस्योपव्याख्यानम् ॥ १.४.१ ॥
One should meditate on this syllable, om, as the udgītha; for it is by saying 'om' that one chants aloud. This is its elaboration.
Chāndogya 1.4.2
देवा वै मृत्योर्बिभ्यतस्त्रयीं विद्यां प्राविशꣳस्ते छन्दोभिरच्छादयन्यदेभिरच्छादयꣳस्तच्छन्दसां छन्दस्त्वम् ॥ १.४.२ ॥
The gods, fearing death, entered the threefold knowledge. They covered it with the metres; because they covered it with these, the metres are called chandas.
Chāndogya 1.4.3
तानु तत्र मृत्युर्यथा मत्स्यमुदके परिपश्येदेवं पर्यपश्यदृचि साम्नि यजुषि । ते नु विदित्वोर्ध्वा ऋचः साम्नो यजुषः स्वरमेव प्राविशन् ॥ १.४.३ ॥
As one would see a fish in water, so death saw them in the ṛc, the sāman and the yajus. Having understood this, they entered only into the tone (svara), the upper part of the ṛcs, sāmans and yajus.
Chāndogya 1.4.4
यदा वा ऋचमाप्नोत्योमित्येवातिस्वरत्येवꣳ सामैवं यजुरेष उ स्वरो यदेतदक्षरमेतदमृतमभयं तत्प्रविश्य देवा अमृता अभया अभवन् ॥ १.४.४ ॥
When one attains a ṛc, one goes beyond the tone by saying 'om'; so too with the sāman and the yajus. This tone is the same, and this syllable is the immortal and the fearless. Having entered it, the gods became immortal and fearless.
Chāndogya 1.4.5
स य एतदेवं विद्वानक्षरं प्रणौत्येतदेवाक्षरꣳ स्वरममृतमभयं प्रविशति तत्प्रविश्य यदमृता देवास्तदमृतो भवति ॥ १.४.५ ॥
He who knows this and so chants this syllable (Om) enters this very syllable, which is immortal, fearless and supreme; having entered it, he reaches where the immortal gods are, and he becomes immortal.