वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः ।इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥
vedānāṃ sāmavedo 'smi devānām asmi vāsavaḥ | indriyāṇāṃ manaś cāsmi bhūtānām asmi cetanā ||
- वेदानाम् · vedānām
- among the Vedas
- सामवेदः · sāmavedaḥ
- the Sama Veda
- देवानाम् · devānām
- among the gods
- वासवः · vāsavaḥ
- Vasava, Indra
- इन्द्रियाणाम् · indriyāṇām
- among the senses
- मनः · manaḥ
- the mind
- भूतानाम् · bhūtānām
- among beings
- चेतना · cetanā
- consciousness
“Among Vedas I am the Sama Veda; among gods I am Indra. Among the senses I am the mind, and in living beings I am consciousness.”
— Original plain-language translation
Scripture, heaven, sense, and life each yield their finest: the sung Veda, the king of gods, the ruling sense, the bare aliveness in all. The inward pair — mind and consciousness — keeps the list intimate.
— Reader's notes (original)