अन्तरिक्षमेवर्ग्वायुः साम तदेतदेतस्यामृच्यध्यूढं साम तस्मादृच्यध्यूढं साम गीयतेऽन्तरिक्षमेव सा वायुरमस्तत्साम ॥ १.६.२ ॥
antarikṣamevargvāyuḥ sāma tadetadetasyāmṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma tasmādṛcyadhyūḍhaṃ sāma gīyate’ntarikṣameva sā vāyuramastatsāma || 1.6.2 ||
2. The space between heaven and earth is the Ṛk, and air is the Sāma. This Sāma [called air] is based on the Ṛk [called the space between heaven and earth]. This is why the Sāma is sung based on the Ṛk. The space between heaven and earth is sā, and earth is ama. Together they are Sāma.
Word-for-word explanation:
Antarikṣam, the space between heaven and earth; eva ṛk, is nothing but the Ṛk; vāyuḥ sāma, air is the Sāma; tat etat sāma, this Sāma [called air]; etasyām ṛci adhyūḍham, is based on the Ṛk [called the antarikṣa]; tasmāt, this is why; ṛci adhyūḍham sāma gīyate, the Sāma is sung as based on the Ṛk; antarikṣam eva sā, the space between heaven and earth is sā; vāyuḥ amaḥ, air is ama; tat sāma, that [if joined together] is Sāma.
Commentary:
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