FIFTH KHANDA.
1Now those who repeat the Nirbhuga say:
2'The former half 1 is the first syllable, the latter half the second syllable, and the space between the first and second halves is the Samhitâ (union).' 3. He who thus knows this Samhitâ (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. He lives his full age.
4Now Hrasva Mândûkeya says: 'We reciters of Nirbhuga say, "Yes, the former half is the first syllable, and the latter half the second syllable, but the Samhitâ is the space between the first and second halves in so far as by it one turns out the union (sandhi), and knows what is the accent and what is not 2, and distinguishes what is the mora and what is not."' 5. He who thus knows this Samhitâ (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. He lives his full age.
6Now his middle son, the child of his mother Prâtibodhî 3, says: 'One pronounces these two syllables letter by letter, without entirely separating them, and without entirely uniting them 1. Then that mora between the first and second halves, which indicates the union, that is the Sâman (evenness, sliding). I therefore hold Sâman only to be the Samhitâ (union).
7This has also been declared by a Rishi (Rv. II, 23, 16):-- 8. 'O Brihaspati, they know nothing higher than Sâman.' 9. He who thus knows this Samhitâ (union), becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of countenance, and the world of Svarga. He lives his full age.