The Sāmaveda — The Veda That Is Sung
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Taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey
Vedic scholar. Founder of VidyāSetu.
Curriculum
परिचयः · Introduction
- Welcome · The Veda you cannot read — free to read (20 min)
- What you will learn (20 min)
- The śānti of this Veda (20 min)
- Why almost every verse is borrowed (20 min)
- The Saṃhitā at a glance (20 min)
- How this course moves (20 min)
- Three lines that survived (20 min)
- A word on how the Sanskrit is given (20 min)
पूर्वार्चिकः — आग्नेयकाण्डम् · The Fire Section
- The Āgneya Kāṇḍa · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
- SV 1 · The first verse of the Sāmaveda (20 min)
- SV 3 · We choose Agni as messenger (20 min)
- SV 14 · Day after day, bearing homage (20 min)
- SV 17 · Like a horse, praised with homage (20 min)
- Pause · Ten identical, six changed (20 min)
- SV 79 · Carried, or placed? ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 27 · The head of heaven (20 min)
- SV 31 · The rays carry the sun (20 min)
- SV 33 · Weal to us ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 35 · Sacrifice after sacrifice, song after song (20 min)
- SV 66 · A hymn built like a chariot (20 min)
- SV 91 · Laying hold, rather than calling ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 20 · The light of the ancient seed ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 111 · Auspicious, four times (20 min)
पूर्वार्चिकः — ऐन्द्रकाण्डम् · The Indra Section
- The Aindra Kāṇḍa · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
- SV 115 · The first verse of the Indra section (20 min)
- SV 198 · The singers, the chanters, the voices (20 min)
- SV 342 · Raised like a bamboo pole (20 min)
- Pause · What the Pūrvārcika actually is (20 min)
- SV 179 · With the bones of Dadhyañc (20 min)
- SV 200 · He shook away the great fear (20 min)
- SV 233 · Like unmilked cows (20 min)
- SV 258 · Sing the loud song (20 min)
- Interlude · Where the two Vedas part (20 min)
- SV 345 · One consonant string, two readings ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 354 · Turned toward us like a chariot ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 278 · A hundred heavens would not be enough (20 min)
- SV 343 · Made to grow by every song (20 min)
- SV 169 · With what help will he come? (20 min)
- SV 466 · The last verse of the Indra section ⚑ (20 min)
पूर्वार्चिकः — पावमानकाण्डम् · Soma Flowing Clear
- The Pāvamāna Kāṇḍa · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
- SV 468 · The first verse of maṇḍala 9 (20 min)
- SV 467 · The first verse of the Soma section (20 min)
- SV 471 · Three voices rise (20 min)
- SV 500 · The gladdener runs (20 min)
- Interlude · What the udgātṛ is doing (20 min)
- SV 527 · Begetter of everything ★ (20 min)
- SV 511 · Clothing itself in the waters ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 529 · King, or guardian? ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 565 · Only the ripened reach it ★ (20 min)
- SV 557 · The friend who keeps his promise ★ (20 min)
- SV 559 · Breath of the rivers ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 542 · The embryo of the waters (20 min)
- SV 572 · At the forefront of Speech (20 min)
- SV 583 · Proclaiming for immortality (20 min)
पूर्वार्चिकः — आरण्यकाण्डम् · The Forest Songs
- The Āraṇya Kāṇḍa · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
- SV 586 · The verse that opens the forest section (20 min)
- SV 594 · "I am food; I eat the eater" ★ (20 min)
- SV 605 · Agni, first word of the Ṛgveda (20 min)
- SV 612 · The deeds of Indra, sung at the Mahāvrata (20 min)
- SV 613 · "I am the oblation, I am all" ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 616 · A song of the seasons ★ (20 min)
- SV 617 · The Puruṣa Sūkta, rearranged ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 629 · The self of what moves and what stands (20 min)
- SV 640 · Seven mares — and a deliberate ending ⚑ (20 min)
- Interlude · The Mahānāmnī verses (20 min)
- SV 641 · "Find a way, O bountiful one" (20 min)
- SV 646 · The unconquered (20 min)
- SV 650 · The five filling-phrases (20 min)
उत्तरार्चिकः · The Veda in Its Sung Order
- The Uttarārcika · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
- SV 651 · The first verse of the Uttarārcika (20 min)
- SV 660 · The seed-verse, now in sequence (20 min)
- SV 680 · The Rathantara sāman (20 min)
- SV 682 · The Vāmadevya sāman (20 min)
- Pause · How the Uttarārcika is built (20 min)
- SV 689 · The first verse of the ninth maṇḍala (20 min)
- SV 703 · The sāman that closes the Agniṣṭoma (20 min)
- SV 663 · Sprinkle the pasture with ghee (20 min)
- SV 751 · Dawn seen coming ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 920 · A line swapped out ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 1462 · ★ The Gāyatrī, with its own melody (20 min)
- SV 1455 · The light of lights (20 min)
- SV 1731 · Dawn, bring us that brilliant thing (20 min)
- SV 1857 · The shout of the conquering gods (20 min)
- SV 1874 · "May we hear what is auspicious" ⚑ (20 min)
- SV 1875 · The last verse of the Sāmaveda ⚑ (20 min)
गानम् · How the Sāmaveda Is Sung
- The Gāna Books · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
- The four song-books (20 min)
- The parts of a sung sāman (20 min)
- The sevenfold count — named from its own syllables (20 min)
- The priests who sing (20 min)
- The seven svaras (20 min)
- Stobha — the syllables that mean nothing (20 min)
- Interlude · What a sung Veda costs (20 min)
- The three surviving recensions (20 min)
- Even the dogs sing it (20 min)
छान्दोग्य-केनोपनिषदौ · The Upaniṣads of This Veda
- The Sāmaveda's Upaniṣads · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
- The śānti of this Veda (20 min)
- Chāndogya 1.1.1 · The first words — Om as the udgītha (20 min)
- Chāndogya 3.14.1 · All this is Brahman (20 min)
- Chāndogya 6.2.1 · In the beginning, Being alone (20 min)
- Chāndogya 6.8.7 · ★ tat tvam asi, in its own sentence (20 min)
- Interlude · Where these Upaniṣads sit (20 min)
- Chāndogya 3.17.7 · Up out of the darkness (20 min)
- Chāndogya 7.26.2 · When food is pure (20 min)
- Kena 1.1 · By whom? (20 min)
- Kena 1.3 · There the eye does not go (20 min)
- Kena 2.3 · Known to those who do not know (20 min)
उपसंहारः · Synthesis & Review
- The whole Veda at a glance — free to read (20 min)
- What the Sāmaveda changes, and why (20 min)
- What this Veda gave to Indian music (20 min)
- Key vocabulary (20 min)
- Common misconceptions (20 min)
- Frequently asked questions (20 min)
- Living the Sāmaveda (20 min)
- Reflection · Why sing it at all (20 min)
- What you have gained (20 min)
- Closing · Peace (20 min)