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I ADHYAYA, 5 BRÂHMANA, 3.
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the very day on which he sacrifices, on that day he overcomes death again; for he who knows this, offers to the gods the entire food (viz. milk).
When it is said, 'Why do these not perish, though they are always eaten,' we answer, Verily, the Person is the imperishable, and he produces that food again and again
When it is said, 'He who knows this imperishable one,' then, verily, the Person is the imperishable one, for he produces this food by repeated thought, and whatever he does not work by his works, that perishes.
When it is said, that'he eats food with his face,' then face means the mouth, he eats it with his mouth.
When it is said, that ‘he goes even to the Devas, he lives on strength,' that is meant as praise.
3. When it is said, that 'he made three for himself, that means that he made mind, speech, and breath for himself. As people say, 'My mind was elsewhere, I did not see; my mind was elsewhere, I did not hear,' it is clear that a man sees with his mind and hears with his mind? Desire, representation, doubt, faith, want of faith, memorys, forgetfulness, shame, reflexion, fear, all this is mind. Therefore even if a man is touched on the back, he knows it through the mind.
Whatever sound there is, that is speech. Speech indeed is intended for an end or object, it is nothing by itself.
Those who enjoy the food, become themselves creators. Comm. * See Deussen, Vedanta, p. 358. 3 Firmness, strength. Comm.
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2523 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |