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Chapter IV — Meditation on Om as Fearlessness and  Immortality  

1.   The syllable Om, called the Udgitha, should be meditated upon;  for people sing the Udgitha, beginning with Om.  Now follows the detailed explanation of this syllable.  

2.   The gods, afraid of death, entered upon the threefold  knowledge. They covered themselves with the metrical hymns.  Because they covered (acchadayan) themselves with the  hymns, the hymns are called chhandas.  

3.   As a fisherman might observe a fish in shallow water, so death  observed the gods in the Rik, the Yajus and the Saman. They  too came to know this, rose from the Rik, the Yajus and the  Saman and entered the Svara (Om) alone.  

4.   When a man has mastered the Rig—Veda he loudly utters Om;  he does the same when he has mastered the Sama—Veda and  the Yajur—Veda. The Svara is the syllable Om; it is immortal  and fearless. The gods, by entering it, became immortal and  fearless.  

5.   He who, knowing this, sings the praise of the syllable Om  enters this same syllable, called the Svara, which is immortal  and fearless. Having entered it, he becomes immortal as the  gods are immortal.