The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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He who knows the wealth of this saman (Vital breath)
obtains wealth. Tone, indeed, is its wealth. Therefore let
one who is going to perform the sacrificial work as a
priest desire that his voice may have a good tone and let
him perform the sacrifice through that voice with a good
tone. Therefore people desire to see at a sacrifice a priest
with a good voice, like one who has wealth. He who
thus knows what is the wealth of the saman obtains
wealth.
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He who knows the suvarna (gold) of the saman (vital
breath) obtains gold. Tone is verily its gold. He who
thus knows what is the gold of the saman obtains gold.
He who knows the support of the saman (vital breath)
gets a support. Speech Verily is its support. For,
supported in speech, the vital breath is transformed into
a chant. Some say the support is in food (the body).
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Next follows the edifying repetition (abhyaroha) only of
the hymns called pavamanas. The priest called prastotri
indeed chants the saman. While he chants it, let the
sacrificer recite these [Yajur verses]: "Lead me from the
unreal to the real. From darkness lead me to light. From
death lead me to immortality." When the mantra (verse)
says: "Lead me from the unreal to the real," "the unreal"
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