Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 2.1
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Chāndogya 2.1.1
समस्तस्य खलु साम्न उपासनꣳ साधु यत्खलु साधु तत्सामेत्याचक्षते यदसाधु तदसामेति ॥ २.१.१ ॥
Indeed, the worship of the whole sāman is good. What is good they call 'sāman,' and what is not good they call 'asāman.'
Chāndogya 2.1.2
तदुताप्याहुः साम्नैनमुपागादिति साधुनैनमुपागादित्येव तदाहुरसाम्नैनमुपागादित्यसाधुनैनमुपगादित्येव तदाहुः ॥ २.१.२ ॥
And they also say: 'with the sāman he has come to him'—meaning, 'with the good he has come to him'; that is how they speak of it. And: 'with the asāman he has come to him'—meaning, 'with the not-good he has come to him'; that is how they speak of it.
Chāndogya 2.1.3
अथोताप्याहुः साम नो बतेति यत्साधु भवति साधु बतेत्येव तदाहुरसाम नो बतेति यदसाधु भवत्यसाधु बतेत्येव तदाहुः ॥ २.१.३ ॥
And they also say: 'How good is our sāman!'—whatever becomes good, that is how they speak of it: 'good, indeed!' And: 'How bad is our asāman!'—whatever does not become good, that is how they speak of it: 'alas, bad!'
Chāndogya 2.1.4
स य एतदेवं विद्वानसाधु सामेत्युपास्तेऽभ्याशो ह यदेनꣳसाधवो धर्मा आ च गच्छेयुरुप च नमेयुः ॥ २.१.४ ॥
One who knows this and worships even the 'not-good' as sāman—good qualities draw near to him and bow down to him.