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KAÂNDOGYA-UPANISHAD.
FIFTH KHANDA. 1. The udgitha is the pranava ?, the pranava is thę udgitha. And as the udgitha is the sun', so is the pranava, for he (the sun) goes sounding Om.
2. ·Him I sang praises to, therefore art thou my only one,' thus said Kaushitaki to his son. “Do thou revolve his rays, then thou wilt have many sons.' So much in reference to the Devas.
3. Now with reference to the body. Let a man meditate on the udgitha as the breath (in the mouth), for he goes sounding Oms.
4. Him I sang praises to, therefore art thou my only son,' thus said Kaushitaki to his son. “Do thou therefore sing praises to the breath as manifold, if thou wishest to have many sons.'
5. He who knows that the udgitha is the pranava, and the pranava the udgitha, rectifies from the seat of the Hotri priest any mistake committed by the Udgâtri priest in performing the udgitha, yea, in performing the udgith a.
Sixtu Kuanda. 1. The Rik (veda) is this earth, the Sâman (veda) is fire. This Sâman (fire) rests on that Rik (earth). Therefore the Saman is sung as resting on the Rik.
· Pranava is the name used chiefly by the followers of the Rigveda, udgîtha the name used by the followers of the Sâma-veda. Both words are intended for the syllable Om.
? Cf. Kh. Up. I, 3, 1.
• The breath in the mouth, or the chief breath, says Om, i.e. gives permission to the five senses to act, just as the sun, by saying Om, gives permission to all living beings to move about.
• The Sama verses are mostly taken from the Rig-veda.
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 35 MB |