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TAITTIRÎYAKA-UPANISHAD.
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THIRD ANUVÂKA. *The Devas breathe after breath (prâna), so do men and cattle. Breath is the life of beings, therefore it is called sarvâyusha (all-enlivening).'
They who worship breath as Brahman, obtain the full inte. For breath is the life of all beings, and therefore it is called sarvâyusha. The embodied Self of this (consisting of breath) is the same as that of the former (consisting of food).
Different from this, which consists of breath, is the other, the inner Self, which consists of mind. The former is filled by this. It also has the shape of man. Like the human shape of the former is the human shape of the latter. Yagus is its head. Rik is its right arm. Sâman is its left arm. The doctrine (adesa, i.e. the Brâhmana) is its trunk. The Atharvângiras (Atharva-hymns) the seat (the support).
On this there is also the following Sloka :
FOURTH ANUVÂKA? He who knows the bliss of that Brahman, from whence all speech, with the mind, turns away unable to reach it, he never fears. The embodied Self of this (consisting of mind) is the same as that of the former (consisting of breath).
Different from this, which consists of mind, is the other, the inner Self, which consists of understanding. The former is filled by this. It also has the shape of man. Like the human shape of the former is the human shape of the latter. Faith is its head. What is right is its right arm. What is true is its left arm.
1 Cf. II, 9.
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