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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
and the sky, the sun is the self of all that rests and moves."
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II. 'This I think to be the regular Samhitâ as conceived by me,' thus said Bâdhva.
12. For the Bahvrikas consider him (the self) in the great hymn (mahad uktha), the Adhvaryus in the sacrificial fire, the Khandogas in the Mahâvrata ceremony. Him they see in this earth, in heaven, in the air, in the ether, in the water, in herbs, in trees, in the moon, in the stars, in all beings. Him alone they call Brahman.
13. That self which consists of sight, hearing, metre, mind, and speech is like unto the year.
14. He who recites to another that self which consists of sight, hearing, metre, mind, and speech, and is like unto the year,
FOURTH KHANDA.
1. To him the Vedas yield no more milk, he has no luck in what he has learnt (from his Guru); he does not know the path of virtue.
2. This has also been declared by a Rishi (Rv. X, 71, 6):
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3. He who has forsaken the friend (the Veda), that knows his friends, in his speech there is no luck. Though he hears, he hears in vain, for he does not know the path of virtue.'
4. Here it is clearly said that he has no luck in what he has learnt, and that he does not know the path of virtue.
5. Therefore let no one who knows this, lay the sacrificial fire (belonging to the Mahâvrata) for another, let him not sing the Sâmans of the Mahâvrata
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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 |