Upnishad

SR No.: 007670
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

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III ÂRANYAKA, I ADHYAYA, 2 KHANDA, 9.
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2. The first half is the earth, the second half heaven, their uniting the rain, the uniter Parganya !
3. And so it is when he (Parganya) rains thus strongly, without ceasing, day and night,
4. Then they say also (in ordinary language), 'Heaven and earth have come together.'
5. So much with regard to the deities; now with regard to the body:
6. Every man is indeed like an egg & There are two halves * (of him), thus they say: This half is the earth, that half heaven. And there between them is the ether (the space of the mouth), like the ether between heaven and earth. In this ether there (in the mouth) the breath is fixed, as in that other ether the air is fixed. And as there are those three luminaries (in heaven), there are these three luminaries in man.
7. As there is that sun in heaven, there is this eye in the head. As there is that lightning in the sky, there is this heart in the body; as there is that fire on earth, there is this seed in the member.
8. Having thus represented the self (body) as the whole world, Sakalya said : This half is the earth, that half heaven.
9. He who thus knows this union, becomes united with offspring, cattle, fame, glory of coun
1 If i is followed by a, the i is changed to y, and both are united as ya. Here a is the cause which changes i into y. Thus Parganya, the god of rain, is the cause which unites earth and heaven into rain. Comm.
• When it rains incessantly, heaven and earth seem to be one in rain.
8 Åndam, andasadrisam. Comm.
• The one half from the feet to the lower jaw, the other half from the upper jaw to the skull. Comm.
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