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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="extiw" title="w:Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: सामवेदः, sāmaveda, from sāman "melody" and veda "<a href="/wiki/Knowledge" title="Knowledge">knowledge</a>"), is the third of the four <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a>, the ancient core <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_scriptures" class="extiw" title="w:Hindu scriptures">Hindu scriptures</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Rig_Veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Rig Veda">Rig Veda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yajurveda" title="Yajurveda">Yajurveda</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharva_Veda" class="extiw" title="w:Atharva Veda">Atharva Veda</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/Max_M%C3%BCller" title="Max Müller">Max Müller</a> its earliest parts are believed to date from 1500 BC. It ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rigveda. It consists of a collection (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhita" class="extiw" title="w:Samhita">samhita</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Hymns" class="mw-redirect" title="Hymns">hymns</a>, portions of hymns, and detached verses, all but 75 taken from the <i>Sakala Sakha</i> of the Rigveda, the other 75 belong to the <i>Bashkala Sakha</i>, to be sung, using specifically indicated <a href="/wiki/Melodies" class="mw-redirect" title="Melodies">melodies</a> called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samagana" class="extiw" title="w:Samagana">Samagana</a> (Sāmagān is purpose of creation of Samaveda), by Udgatar priests at sacrifices in which the juice of the Soma plant (conjectured as <i>Ephedra sinica</i>), clarified and mixed with <a href="/wiki/Milk" title="Milk">milk</a> and other ingredients, is offered in <a href="/wiki/Libation" title="Libation">libation</a> to various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deities" class="extiw" title="w:Deities">deities</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sama_Veda&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaimini_and_the_birds.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Jaimini_and_the_birds.jpg/220px-Jaimini_and_the_birds.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Jaimini_and_the_birds.jpg/330px-Jaimini_and_the_birds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Jaimini_and_the_birds.jpg/440px-Jaimini_and_the_birds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3890" data-file-height="3244" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaimini" class="extiw" title="w:Jaimini">Jaimini</a> divided the <a href="/wiki/Veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Veda">Veda</a> into four, namely Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. The histories and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranas" class="extiw" title="w:Puranas">Puranas</a> are said to be the fifth Veda.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Delivery_of_the_Bhagavad_Gita.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/The_Delivery_of_the_Bhagavad_Gita.jpg/220px-The_Delivery_of_the_Bhagavad_Gita.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/The_Delivery_of_the_Bhagavad_Gita.jpg/330px-The_Delivery_of_the_Bhagavad_Gita.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/The_Delivery_of_the_Bhagavad_Gita.jpg/440px-The_Delivery_of_the_Bhagavad_Gita.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>Lord <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> delivering <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a>. Sama Veda:Lord <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, the divine persona of <a href="/wiki/Gita" class="mw-redirect" title="Gita">Gita</a>, also says, of the Vedas, I am Sama. (10.22).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indra,_a_Vedic_God_in_Hinduism.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Indra%2C_a_Vedic_God_in_Hinduism.jpg/220px-Indra%2C_a_Vedic_God_in_Hinduism.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Indra%2C_a_Vedic_God_in_Hinduism.jpg/330px-Indra%2C_a_Vedic_God_in_Hinduism.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Indra%2C_a_Vedic_God_in_Hinduism.jpg/440px-Indra%2C_a_Vedic_God_in_Hinduism.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" class="extiw" title="w:Indra">Indra</a>, Sama Veda:The singers of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri" class="extiw" title="w:Gayatri">Gayatri</a> celebrate you, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" class="extiw" title="w:Indra">Indra</a>, lord of song and joy, with the hymns of Sama Veda.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Sama Veda is the sum total of all that is pertaining to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhita" class="extiw" title="w:Samhita">Samhita</a> with a predominance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi" class="extiw" title="w:Rishi">Rishi</a> — observer value. Sama Veda represents the totality of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_systems" class="extiw" title="w:Sensory systems">sensory systems</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception" class="extiw" title="w:Perception">perceptual</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparatus" class="extiw" title="w:Apparatus">apparatus</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_receptor" class="extiw" title="w:Sensory receptor">receptors</a>, channels, pathways, and the structures involved in organizing, maintaining <a href="/wiki/Balance" title="Balance">balance</a>, and identifying and decoding inputs and <a href="/wiki/Information" title="Information">information</a>. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Nader" class="extiw" title="w:Tony Nader">Prof. Tony Nader-Ram</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/sama_veda.htm">Sama Veda -Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature, pp. 66</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The wakeful physiology receives all the flow of <a href="/wiki/Experience" title="Experience">experience</a> through these channels. They sustain the quality of flowing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefulness" class="extiw" title="w:Wakefulness">wakefulness</a>. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Nader" class="extiw" title="w:Tony Nader">Prof. Tony Nader-Ram</a>, in "Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature".</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The Sama Veda consists of hymns (many of them common with the Rig Veda) which when sung in the appropriate manner will strike a chord in enabling one to understand the <a href="/wiki/Universal" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal">universal</a> <a href="/wiki/Truth" title="Truth">truths</a> and order of <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a> depending on their stage of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_evolution" class="extiw" title="w:Spiritual evolution">spiritual evolution</a>. The source of the musical patterns of the Sama Veda hymns is derived from the vibration/<a href="/wiki/Sounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Sounds">sounds</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cosmos" title="Cosmos">cosmos</a>. This reveals that spiritual evolution can be achieved through music (by hearing as well as singing). <ul><li>Vedic recordings, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vedchant.com/#sama">Veda Prasar Samiti (Formerly Delhi Vedic Trust), Recordings of classical chants of Vedas</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The Sāma Veda is a collection of Sāma songs (a particular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre" class="extiw" title="w:Metre">metre</a>, which can be sung) from Rg Veda. There is no independent work in this Veda. The arrangement of its verses is with reference to their place and use in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajna" class="extiw" title="w:Yajna">Soma sacrifice</a>. This Veda was handed over to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaimini" class="extiw" title="w:Jaimini">Jaimini</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a>, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lists.rkmvu.ac.in/intro/academics/EISH-lecture01-02.pdf">The Vedas: Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University</a>, p.7/14</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>He <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaimini" class="extiw" title="w:Jaimini">Jaimini</a> divided the Veda into four, namely Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. The histories and the Puranas are said to be the fifth Veda. <ul><li>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanda_Purana" class="extiw" title="w:Brahmanda Purana">Brahmanda Purana</a> 1.4.21</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Trayee</i>: The three Vedas: The term 'tray', or triad, often used to denote the Vedas, is collectively applied to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda" class="extiw" title="w:Rigveda">Rg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaveda" class="extiw" title="w:Samaveda">Sam</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagurveda" class="extiw" title="w:Yagurveda">Yajur</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a>, in "The Vedas: Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University", p.7/14</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The Sama Veda represents the force of <a href="/wiki/Spiritual" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual">spiritual</a> knowledge and the power of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devotion" class="extiw" title="w:Devotion">devotion</a>. The book was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation" class="extiw" title="w:Revelation">revealed</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayu" class="extiw" title="w:Vayu">Vayu rishi</a>.</li> <li>It consists hymns of the Rigveda put to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(music)" class="extiw" title="w:Bar (music)">musical measure</a>. Hence the text of the Sama Veda is an alternative version of the Rig Veda. Its secret is in its musical annotation and rendering.</li> <li>If the Rig Veda is the word, the Sama Veda is the song or the meaning, and If Rig Veda is the knowledge, the Sama Veda is its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realization" class="extiw" title="w:Realization">realization</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>Sama Veda is the Veda of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakthi" class="extiw" title="w:Bhakthi">Bhakthi</a> <ul><li>Sama Veda, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_Sj3AQAAQBAJ&pg=PR19#v=onepage&q=Sama%20Veda&f=false">Yajur Veda: Authentic English Translation</a>, p.xxx</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Although puranas and later works make mention of no less than a thousand <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhita" class="extiw" title="w:Samhita">samhitas</a> of the Samaveda only two have come down to us, viz., those of the <i>Kauthumas</i> (considered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate" class="extiw" title="w:Vulgate">vulgate</a>), and of the [[w:Jaimini|Jaiminiyas or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talavakara" class="extiw" title="w:Talavakara">Talavakaras</a>. P.313 <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gonda" class="extiw" title="w:Jan Gonda">Jan Gonda</a>, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Ogb24XeQOZ8C&pg=PA326#v=onepage&q=Sama%20Veda&f=false">Vedic Literature: (Saṃhitās and Brāhmaṇas)</a>, P.313</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The essence of Sama is Udgitha, the cosmic resonance of <a href="/wiki/Aum" class="mw-redirect" title="Aum">Aum</a>. That Aum, chant, sing and worship in meditation. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bloomfield" class="extiw" title="w:Maurice Bloomfield">Maurice Bloomfield</a>, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/av/index.htm">The Hymns of the Atharvaveda</a>. Sama Veda <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YSn3AQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sama+Veda&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mKXxUrnpBfGiiAf-gYHoAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Sama%20Veda&f=false">Sama Veda: Authentic English Translation</a>, p.xxxiii</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Lord <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, the divine persona of <a href="/wiki/Gita" class="mw-redirect" title="Gita">Gita</a>, also says, of the Vedas, I am Sama. (10.22). <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bloomfield" class="extiw" title="w:Maurice Bloomfield">Maurice Bloomfield</a>, in "The Hymns of the Atharvaveda", p. xxxiii</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The singers of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri" class="extiw" title="w:Gayatri">Gayatri</a> celebrate you, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" class="extiw" title="w:Indra">Indra</a>, lord of song and joy, with the hymns of Sama Veda. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bloomfield" class="extiw" title="w:Maurice Bloomfield">Maurice Bloomfield</a>, in "The Hymns of the Atharvaveda", P.145</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hymns_Of_The_Samaveda_Translated_with_a_Popular_Commentary_by_Ralph_T.H._Griffith">Hymns Of The Samaveda Translated with a Popular Commentary by Ralph T.H. Griffith</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sama_Veda&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hymns Of The Samaveda Translated with a Popular Commentary by Ralph T.H. Griffith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Priests_performing_Yagnya_as_part_of_Kumbhaabhishekam_at_Gunjanarasimhaswamy_Temple,_T._Narasipur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Priests_performing_Yagnya_as_part_of_Kumbhaabhishekam_at_Gunjanarasimhaswamy_Temple%2C_T._Narasipur.jpg/220px-Priests_performing_Yagnya_as_part_of_Kumbhaabhishekam_at_Gunjanarasimhaswamy_Temple%2C_T._Narasipur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Priests_performing_Yagnya_as_part_of_Kumbhaabhishekam_at_Gunjanarasimhaswamy_Temple%2C_T._Narasipur.jpg/330px-Priests_performing_Yagnya_as_part_of_Kumbhaabhishekam_at_Gunjanarasimhaswamy_Temple%2C_T._Narasipur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Priests_performing_Yagnya_as_part_of_Kumbhaabhishekam_at_Gunjanarasimhaswamy_Temple%2C_T._Narasipur.jpg/440px-Priests_performing_Yagnya_as_part_of_Kumbhaabhishekam_at_Gunjanarasimhaswamy_Temple%2C_T._Narasipur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaveda" class="extiw" title="w:Samaveda">Sama Veda</a>:With this mine homage I invoke <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni" class="extiw" title="w:Agni">Agni</a> for you, the Son of <a href="/wiki/Strength" title="Strength">Strength</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dawn_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dawn_1.jpg/220px-Dawn_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dawn_1.jpg/330px-Dawn_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dawn_1.jpg/440px-Dawn_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2637" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaveda" class="extiw" title="w:Samaveda">Sama Veda</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dawn" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn">Dawn</a>-Advancing, sending forth her rays, the daughter of the <a href="/wiki/Sky" title="Sky">Sky</a> is seen...</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Water_cycle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Water_cycle.png/220px-Water_cycle.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Water_cycle.png/330px-Water_cycle.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Water_cycle.png/440px-Water_cycle.png 2x" data-file-width="860" data-file-height="589" /></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaveda" class="extiw" title="w:Samaveda">Sama Veda</a>: <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">Water</a>-Yea, Waters, ye bring <a href="/wiki/Health" title="Health">health</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bliss" title="Bliss">bliss</a>: so help ye us to <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a>...</figcaption></figure> <p><small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_T._H._Griffith" class="extiw" title="w:Ralph T. H. Griffith">Ralph T.H. Griffith</a>, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sv.htm">Hymns Of The Samaveda Translated with a Popular Commentary by Ralph T.H. Griffith</a></small> </p> <ul><li>The Samaveda, or Veda of Holy Songs, third in the usual order of enumeration of the three Vedas, ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rgveda or Veda of Recited praise.</li> <li>The Collection is made up of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, taken mainly from the Rgveda, transposed and re-arranged, without reference to their original order, to suit the religious ceremonies in which they were to be employed.</li> <li>There are three recensions of the text of the <i>Samaveda Sanhita</i>, the <i>Kauthuma Sakha</i> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recension" class="extiw" title="w:Recension">recension</a> is current in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat" class="extiw" title="w:Gujarat">Guzerat</a></i>, the <i>Jaiminiya</i> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic" class="extiw" title="w:Carnatic">Carnatic</a>, and the <i>Ranayaniya</i> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharshtra" class="extiw" title="w:Maharshtra">Mahratta country</a>.</li></ul> <p><b>XIII Agni Book I</b> </p> <ul><li>1.With this mine homage I invoke Agni for you, the Son of Strength.<br />Dear, wisest envoy, skilled in noble sacrifice, immortal, messenger of all.<br />2. His two red horses, all-supporting, let him yoke: let him, well-worshipped, urge them fast!<br />Then hath the sacrifice good prayers and happy end, the heavenly gift of wealth to men.</li></ul> <p><b>XIV Dawn</b> </p> <ul><li>1. Advancing, sending forth her rays, the daughter of the Sky is seen.<br />The mighty one lays bare the darkness with her eye, the friendly Lady makes the light.<br />2. The Sun ascending, the refulgent star, pours down his beams. together with the Dawn.<br />O Dawn, at thine arising, and, the Sun's, may we attain the share allotted us!</li></ul> <p><b>XI Mitra-Varuva Book VI Chapter III</b> </p> <ul><li>1. So help ye us to riches, great celestial and terrestrial wealth<br />Vast is your sway among the Gods!<br />2. Carefully tending Law with law they have attained their vigorous might:<br />Both Gods, devoid of guile, wax strong.<br />3. With rainy skies and streaming floods, Lords of the food that falls in dew,<br />A lofty seat have they attained.</li></ul> <p><b>X The Waters Chapter II Book IX</b> </p> <ul><li>1. Yea, Waters, ye bring health and bliss: so help ye us to energy.<br />That we may look on great delight!<br />2. Give us a portion of the dew, the most auspicious that ye have,<br />Like mothers in their longing love!<br />3. For you we gladly go to him to whose abode ye speed us on,<br />And, Waters, give us procreant strength!</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Samveda">Samveda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sama_Veda&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Samveda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><small>Sayings from Sama Veda<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://swastikaa.org/images/continue4.docx.">Samveda</a></small> </p> <ul><li>Saam Veda is considered to be the source from which Indian music has originated.</li> <li>A compilation of <i>richas</i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlokas" class="extiw" title="w:Shlokas">shlokas</a>) is known as "Saama".</li> <li><i>Richas</i> form the basis of 'Saam'.</li> <li>The beauty of <a href="/wiki/Speech" title="Speech">speech</a> lies in the <i>Richas</i>, the beauty of <i>richas</i> lie in the 'Saama' and the beauty of the 'Saama' lies in the individual's capability to sing it.</li> <li>None other than Yogeshwar Sri Krishna has eulogised the greatness of Samaveda in the following manner-<i>VEDAANAMA SAAMAVEDO ASMI</i> meaning "Amongst Vedas, I am the Saamaveda."(<a href="/wiki/Gita" class="mw-redirect" title="Gita">Gita</a> 10/22)</li> <li>Saamaveda comprises of two main parts (i) <i>Purvarchik</i> (2) <i>Uttararchik</i> The middle portion is called <i>Mahaanaam-nyaarchik</i>, which itself comprises of 10 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incantation" class="extiw" title="w:Incantation">incantations</a>. <i>Purvarchik</i> itself is sub-divided into 4 sections - Aagneya, Endra,Paavmaan and Aaranya.</li> <li>One gets divine peace while listening to the incantations of Saama Veda.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Agni_deva.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Agni_deva.JPG/220px-Agni_deva.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Agni_deva.JPG/330px-Agni_deva.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Agni_deva.JPG/440px-Agni_deva.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1196" data-file-height="1784" /></a><figcaption>Sama Veda: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni" class="extiw" title="w:Agni">Agni</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deity</a>, who shows us the (right) path. Agni is the <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deity</a>, who shows us the (right) path. Agni blesses us with <a href="/wiki/Wealth" title="Wealth">wealth</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Agni (fire) destroys the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon" class="extiw" title="w:Demon">demons</a> (<i>vritras</i>).</li> <li>Agni is the <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deity</a>, who shows us the (right) path</li> <li>Agni blesses us with <a href="/wiki/Wealth" title="Wealth">wealth</a>.</li> <li>O Agni, Thou are great! Thou are the giver of <a href="/wiki/Happiness" title="Happiness">happiness</a>!</li> <li>Agni is the protector of the people and the <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> of demons!</li> <li>O Agni! May you rise high like '<a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Suryadev</a>' and be our <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provider" class="extiw" title="w:Provider">provider</a>!</li> <li>Agni is the lord of noble valiance and good <a href="/wiki/Fortune" title="Fortune">fortune</a>!</li> <li>Destroy 'people of <a href="/wiki/Hatred" title="Hatred">hatred</a>' with the help of <a href="/wiki/Knowledge" title="Knowledge">knowledge</a>.</li> <li>Do not speak harsh words.</li> <li>One, who maintains <a href="/wiki/Cleanliness" title="Cleanliness">cleanliness</a> keeps away diseases.</li> <li>One who does not observe '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrata" class="extiw" title="w:Vrata">vrata</a>' can never accomplish anything.</li> <li>A scholar with exceptional knowledge is successful in vanquishing all his enemies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtuous" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtuous">Virtuous</a> deeds make you great.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent" class="extiw" title="w:Benevolent">Benevolent</a> <a href="/wiki/Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Scholar">scholars</a> propagate knowledge.</li> <li>One, who wears <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gem" class="extiw" title="w:Gem">gems</a> possesses wealth.</li> <li>People of double <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standards" class="extiw" title="w:Standards">standards</a> never experience happiness.</li> <li>Nothing can be achieved without enduring the 'fire of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapas_(Sanskrit)" class="extiw" title="w:Tapas (Sanskrit)">tapa</a>'.</li> <li>The provider of <a href="/wiki/Food" title="Food">food</a> protects one and all.</li> <li>One, who is not a provider of food, I (God) destroy his food.</li> <li>Knowledge propagated by scholars helps even the lowest category of ignorant ones to attain supremacy.</li> <li>To attain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation" class="extiw" title="w:Salvation">salvation</a>, tread on the path of <a href="/wiki/Progress" title="Progress">progress</a>.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg/220px-Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg/330px-Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg/440px-Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="977" /></a><figcaption>Sama Veda:<a href="/wiki/Night" title="Night">Night</a>-Night,the provider of rest and relaxation, is propitious.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Night,the provider of rest and relaxation, is propitious.</li> <li>Agni dev's intellect is pure and benedictory</li> <li>O Deities! May I never speak that which is against your dignity.</li> <li>May 'fame' never abandon me.</li> <li>A man of self-control becomes the master.</li> <li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagnya" class="extiw" title="w:Yagnya">yagya</a> enkindles the flames of consciousness in human's mind.</li> <li>Soma enthuses in us the enthusiasm to win.</li> <li>A truthful person's speech is as sweet as honey.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Radhakrishna_manor.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Radhakrishna_manor.JPG/220px-Radhakrishna_manor.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Radhakrishna_manor.JPG/330px-Radhakrishna_manor.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Radhakrishna_manor.JPG 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="506" /></a><figcaption>Sama Veda:Deities never favour the lazy and indolent.Deities bless the diligent.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Deities never favour the lazy and indolent.</li> <li>Deities bless the diligent.</li> <li>Avoid the company of those who abhor knowledge.</li> <li>Never listen to anything that is evil.</li> <li>Engage yourself in all that is auspicious.</li> <li>You fight a battle everyday.</li> <li>Having realized the truth, never become indolent.</li> <li>The scholar by his specialized knowledge and by making best use of his 'energy' attains the ultimate goal and supremacy.</li> <li>Fire enkindles fire</li> <li>The propagator of truth...one who is always in touch with truth..accomplishes great deeds with the help of truth.</li> <li>Adorn your speech.</li> <li>Develop in yourself the capabilities to perform virtuous deeds.</li> <li>A radiant scholar (master) is worshipped.</li> <li>O Scholars! your good deeds have disseminated everywhere.</li> <li>The fame of a scholar who has attained 'equilibrium' and whose deeds are 'supreme' spread everywhere</li> <li>Religion makes it pure</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vishnuvishvarupa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Vishnuvishvarupa.jpg/220px-Vishnuvishvarupa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Vishnuvishvarupa.jpg/330px-Vishnuvishvarupa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Vishnuvishvarupa.jpg/440px-Vishnuvishvarupa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="953" /></a><figcaption>Sama Veda:Thou are brave and benevolent. Enthuse 'desires' in humans.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Mughal_Warrior_and_his_wife.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/A_Mughal_Warrior_and_his_wife.jpg/220px-A_Mughal_Warrior_and_his_wife.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/A_Mughal_Warrior_and_his_wife.jpg/330px-A_Mughal_Warrior_and_his_wife.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/A_Mughal_Warrior_and_his_wife.jpg/440px-A_Mughal_Warrior_and_his_wife.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1774" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>A warrior who is well equipped for the great battle with appropriate weapons acquires wealth.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mysore_Painting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Mysore_Painting.jpg/220px-Mysore_Painting.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Mysore_Painting.jpg/330px-Mysore_Painting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Mysore_Painting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="366" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>Sama Veda:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati" class="extiw" title="w:Saraswati">Saraswati</a>, the goddess of knowledge is worthy of eulogisation.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>A warrior who is well equipped for the great battle with appropriate weapons acquires wealth.</li> <li>Bless us with radiance! Give us happiness and good-fortune...bless us with benediction.</li> <li>Bless us with strength and power... Destroy our enemies and bless us with benediction.</li> <li>Keep us under the shadow of thine valour and protection</li> <li>There are 10 characteristics of 'Dharma' - (1) Stability of mind, (2) forgiveness, (3) benevolence, (4) abstinence, (5) purity, (6) Control of senses, (7) intellect, (8) knowledge, (9) truth , (10) abstinence from anger.</li> <li>O Omniscient! fill the heaven and the earth with your divine radiance.</li> <li>O intelligent Vayu! Come to us embellished with all your qualities.</li> <li>One, who by the help of his 'knowledge',endeavours for the good of others, attains fame and makes rapid progress by the virtue of his capabilities.</li> <li>Those kings, who do not conspire against each other... they sit amongst their courtiers in the court of 1000 pillars.</li> <li>Imbibe the virtues of 'Vayu'.</li> <li>Just as the carpenter gives shape to wood, in the same way Agni (Fire) purifies us and blesses us with success in our endeavours.</li> <li>Salutations to the men of capabilities.</li> <li>A person of self-restraint kills the demon 'Vala'.</li> <li>May we live the best life in this world.</li> <li>O Soma! May humans adhere by your rules.</li> <li>The knowledgeable,in order to attain divinity, defeats all the wicked competitors.</li> <li>We praise Agni, who assists in accomplishing 'Yagya' and who refines our intellect... one, who invokes the deities...the annihilator of 'enemies'...and the supreme motivator.</li> <li>Indra and Agni are the embodiments of joy.</li> <li>He makes the worthless, knowledgeable.</li> <li>While making endeavours to purify his self, the 'sadhaka' practices the rigours of 'Yama' and 'Niyama'.</li> <li>Thou are great just like all-capable deities.</li> <li>The efulgence of 'yagya' appears pleasing and mellifluous.</li> <li>A warrior who is well equipped for the great battle with appropriate weapons acquires wealth.</li> <li>Bless us with radiance! Give us happiness and good-fortune...bless us with benediction.</li> <li>Bless us with strength and power... Destroy our enemies and bless us with benediction.</li> <li>Keep us under the shadow of thine valour and protection.</li> <li>The 'dawn' knows how to protect.</li> <li>May we contemplate upon you in each 'parva'(dawn and dusk).</li> <li>Help in accomplishing our 'Yagya' for the attainment of our long life.</li> <li>The devotee works assiduously to attain the wealth of salvation.</li> <li>Alike 'Dharma', 'yagya' too has a path.</li> <li>Friends never hurt or inflict pain on each other</li> <li>Protect your children with your own efforts.</li> <li>Thou are the vanquisher of enemies, irrepressible and mightiest.</li> <li>A 'sadhaka' after having purified himself, illuminates the 'Sun of knowledge' in the 'heaven of mind'.</li> <li>Those, who study the knowledge accumulated by sages, 'Saraswati' blesses them with milk, ghee, honey and water.</li> <li>May humans enjoy bliss by the blessings of the 'purifying and benedictory' richas. He eats pure food and attains immortality.</li> <li>O Agni, thou prevent the body from getting destroyed.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yajna1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Yajna1.jpg/220px-Yajna1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Yajna1.jpg/330px-Yajna1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Yajna1.jpg/440px-Yajna1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Sama Veda:O Agni, thou prevent the body from getting destroyed.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Suryatanjore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Suryatanjore.jpg/220px-Suryatanjore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Suryatanjore.jpg/330px-Suryatanjore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Suryatanjore.jpg/440px-Suryatanjore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="669" /></a><figcaption>Sama Veda:The great 'Surya' illuminates the heaven.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Just as the performer of 'yagya' is blessed with prosperity ,May we too be blessed in the same manner.</li> <li>The great 'Surya' illuminates the heaven.</li> <li>The king, by following the path of 'truth', gets benefitted in a special way.</li> <li>One, whose path is all encompassing, protects us.</li> <li>May your intellect protect us.</li> <li>May we be receptive to your supreme intelligence and become strong.</li> <li>Never allow us to fall prey to our pride.</li> <li>Thou are brave and benevolent. Enthuse 'desires' in humans.</li> <li>Just like Agnidev, who incinerates everything by His capability, in the same manner burn(destroy) the wicked and the ignorant ones.</li> <li>Realise the potential of the mind and then rule it.</li> <li>Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge is worthy of eulogisation.</li> <li>Savitadev, who inspires our intelligence, may we contemplate upon His radiant form.</li> <li>O Men! giving knowledge to ignorants, and forms to the formless thus rises the Sun after dawn.</li> <li>Agnidev, after having ignited the 'havan' and then inspiring us to perform the 'rituals', keeps on moving upwards efficiently.</li> <li>Great, brilliant and men of capabilities inspire us.</li> <li>The 'donor' sees the immediate fruits of his benevolent deeds.</li> <li>Agnidev blesses the 'donor' and the performer of 'yagya-karma' with 'wealth of reputation'.</li> <li>Bless people with the light.</li> <li>O Agni! Protect us from people of diabolic tendencies and miserliness.</li> <li>A scholar by his effulgence of knowledge, shines everywhere.</li> <li>O Agni! May you destroy all the diabolic forces one by one.</li> <li>Having taken your refuge, May we neither fear nor get tired.</li> <li>A scholar's fingers, by being constantly engaged in activities, acquire immense capabilities.</li> <li>O Agni! May thou not keep us away from 'battle'. Just as a labourer lifts loads!May thou prsented us the accumulated wealth, in the same way.</li> <li>O Men! Look at the divine deeds of Vishnu; contemplate and then follow them.</li> <li>A 'Gyani' treads on the path of truth.</li> <li>Agni helps all to settle well.</li> <li>O men! move ahead and be a winner.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sama_Veda&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; border: solid #aaa 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 90%; background: #f9f9f9; width: 250px; padding: 4px; spacing: 0px; text-align: left; float: right;"> <div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wikipedia"><img alt="Wikipedia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/50px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/75px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/100px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a><figcaption>Wikipedia</figcaption></figure></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article about: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sama_Veda" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sama Veda">Sama Veda</a></b></i></div> </div> </div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Sama_Veda&oldid=2837485">https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Sama_Veda&oldid=2837485</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Epic_poetry" title="Category:Epic poetry">Epic poetry</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_texts" title="Category:Hindu texts">Hindu texts</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 8 August 2020, at 00:26.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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