atha saptavidhasya vāci saptavidhaṃ sāmopāsīta yat kiṃca vāco hum iti sa hiṅkāraḥ yat pra iti sa prastāvaḥ yad ā iti sa ādiḥ
Next for the sevenfold Sâman. Let a man meditate on the sevenfold Sâman in speech. Whenever there is in speech the syllable hun that is hinkâra, pra is the prastâva, â is the âdi, the first, i. e. Om,