Shloka 120
हायिहायिहुवाहायिहाबुहायि तथा5सकृत् । गायन्ति त्वां सुरश्रेष्ठ सामगा ब्रह्म॒वादिन:,सुरश्रेष्ठ! सामगान करनेवाले वेदवेत्ता पुरुष “हा ३ यि, हा ३ यि, हू ३ वा, हा ३ यि, हा ३ वु, हा ३ यि' आदिका बारंबार उच्चारण करके निरन्तर आपकी ही महिमाका गान करते हैं
hāyihāyihuvāhāyihābuhāyi tathā sakṛt | gāyanti tvāṃ suraśreṣṭha sāmāgā brahmavādinaḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “O best of the gods, the Sāma-chanters—Veda-knowers devoted to sacred utterance—repeatedly intone the ritual syllables ‘hāyi hāyi, huvā hāyi, habu hāyi’ and, through those Sāman melodies, continually sing your glory.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic power of sacred sound: learned Vedic chanters use Sāman melodies and ritual vocables to sustain continuous praise of the supreme divine, implying that disciplined recitation and devotion are themselves a form of worship.
Bhīṣma addresses the supreme deity as ‘best of the gods’ and describes how Sāma-chanters and Veda-scholars repeatedly intone characteristic Sāman syllables and thereby sing the deity’s greatness without interruption.