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BAUDHẢYANA.
II, 7, 12.
Rudra and Death ; enter me; mayest thou grow through this food.
11. After sipping water a second time, he allows (the drops from) the hand to flow on the big toe of his right foot (and recites the following text): May the male be pleased, he who is of the size of a thumb, who occupies (a space of the size of) a thumb, who is the lord of the whole world, masterful, and the enjoyer of the universe.'
12. Let him perform the subsequent consecration (anumantrana) of the (food which has been) offered, with raised arms, (and let him recite) the five (texts beginning), 'With faith, worshipping Prâna, (I have) offered ambrosia; mayest thou increase Prâna through this food,
13. (And let him address the soul with the last text of the Anuvâka), ‘(May) my soul (gain) immortality in the universal soul.'
14. And let him (meditate on his soul (as) united with the imperishable (syllable Om).
15. He who sacrifices to the soul, surpasses him who offers all sacrifices.
Prasna II, Adhyâya 7, KANDIKÂ 13. 1. Now they quote also (the following verse): *As cotton and reeds, thrown into a fire, blaze up, even so all the guilt of him who sacrifices to the soul is consumed;'
11. Taittiriya Âranyaka X, 38. The individual soul which resides in the heart is here identified with the universal soul; see also Kathaka Upanishad IV, 12.
12-13. Taittirîya Aranyaka X, 36. 14. The syllable Om is Brahman, the universal soul.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |