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  Chapter III — Meditation on the Udgitha as the Sun and  the Vyana  

1.   Now is described the meditation on the Udgitha with reference  to the gods:  One should meditate on the Udgitha as the sun who gives  warmth. When he (the sun) rises he sings the Udgitha for the  benefit of all creatures. When he rises he destroys darkness and  fear. He who knows this becomes the destroyer of darkness and  fear.  

2.   This prana and that sun are the same. This is warm and that is  warm. This they call svara (what goes out) and that, pratyasvara  (what returns). Therefore one should meditate on the Udgitha  as this and that.  

3.   One should meditate on the Udgitha as the vyana. That which  one breathes out is the prana and that which one breathes in is  the apana. That which is the junction of the prana and the apana  is the Vyana. This vyana is speech. Therefore when one utters  speech one stops the prana and the apana.  

4.   That which is speech is the Rik. Therefore when a man utters a  Rik he neither breathes out nor breathes in. That which is the  Rik is the Saman. Therefore when a man sings a Saman, he  neither breathes out nor breathes in. That which is the Saman is  the Udgitha. Therefore when a man sings the Udgitha he  neither breathes out nor breathes in.  

5.   And other works also which require strength, such as the  kindling of fire by rubbing, running a race and stringing a  strong bow, are performed without breathing out or breathing  in. Therefore one should meditate on the Udgitha as the vyana.  

6.   One should meditate on the letters of the word Udgitha (i.e. ut,  gi and tha). Ut is the prana, for a man rises (uttishthati) by  means of the prana. Gi is speech, for speeches are called girah.  Tha is food, for all this subsists (sthita) on food.  

7.   Ut is heaven, gi the mid—region and tha the earth. Ut is the  sun, gi the air and tha fire. Ut is the Sama—Veda, gi the  Yajur—Veda and tha the Rig—Veda. To him who thus  meditates speech yields milk and milk is speech. He who  knows this and meditates on the letters of the Udgitha becomes  the possessor of food and the eater of food.  

8.   Next follows the fulfilment of prayers. One should thus  meditate on the object one wishes to obtain through meditation:  he (i.e. the udgatri priest) should meditate on the Saman with  which he is going chant the praise.  

9.   He (the udgatri priest) should meditate on the Rik in which that  Saman occurs, on the rishi to whom it was revealed and on the  deity whom he is going to praise.  

10.   He (the udgatri priest) should meditate on the metre in which  he is going to chant the praise; he should meditate on the hymn  by which he is going to chant the praise.  

11.   He (the udgatri priest) should meditate on the quarter of space  facing which he is going to chant the praise.  

12.   Finally, he (the udgatri priest) should meditate on himself and  then on the object desired and chant the praise correctly. Thus  will be quickly fulfilled for him the desire, desiring which he  may offer the hymn of praise, yea, desiring which he may offer  the hymn of praise.