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and thirst, which desires nothing but what it ought to desire and imagines nothing but what it out to imagine, that is what we search out, that is what we must try to understand. He who has searched out that Self and understands it obtains all worlds and desires--that is final beautitude.
The gods and the demons both heard these words and said :--"Well, let us search for that Self by which if one has searched it, all worlds and all desires are obtained.” Thus saying Indra went from he Devas, Virochana froin the demons and both without having cominunicated with each other, holding fuel in their hands as is the custom with pupils approaching their master. They dwelt there as pupils for thirty two years and served Prajapati. At the end of 32 years Prajapati turns his face to them and asks:-“ For what purpose bave you been both dwelling here?” They replied that they had heard the saying of Prajapati and that they had both dwelt near him because they wished to know the Self." Prajapati like many of the ancient sages does not show himself inclined to part with his knowledge at once. He gives them several answers which though not exactly wrong are equivocal and open to a wrong interpretation. He says first: “The person that is seen in the eye, that is the Self. This is what I have said ; this is the immortal, the fearless, This is Brahman." If the pupils had understood this as meant for the person
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