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BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
"Verily, the Devas are not dear, that you may love the Devas; but that you may love the Self, therefore the Devas are dear 1.
Verily, creatures are not dear, that you may love the creatures; but that you may love the Self, therefore are creatures dear.
Verily, everything is not dear that you may love everything; but that you may love the Self, therefore everything is dear.
Verily, the Self is to be seen, to be heard, to be perceived, to be marked, O Maitreyi! When we see, hear, perceive, and know the Self?, then all this is known.
6. Whosoever looks for the Brahman-class elsewhere than in the Self, was 3 abandoned by the Brahman-class. Whosoever looks for the Kshatraclass elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Kshatra-class. Whosoever looks for the worlds elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the worlds. Whosoever looks for the Devas elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Devas 4. Whosoever looks for creatures elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the creatures. Whosoever looks for anything elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by everything. This Brahman-class, this Kshatra-class, these worlds, these Devass, these 6 creatures, this everything, all is that Self.
7. 'Now as the sounds of a drum, when beaten,
* B. inserts, Verily, the Vedas are not dear, &c. 2 When the Self has been seen, heard, perceived, and known. B. 8 The commentator translates, 'should be abandoned.' 4 B, inserts, Whosoever looks for the Vedas, &c. 6 B. adds, these Vedas.
6 B. has, all these creatures. ? I construe sa yathâ with evam vai in § 12, looking upon
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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 |