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BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
Udanka Saulbâyana tell you that life is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without life? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?'
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.'
Yâgñavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.
Ganaka Vaideha said: “Then tell me, Yagñavalkya.
Yâgñavalkya said: 'Breath is its body, ether its place, and one should worship it as what is dear.'
Ganaka Vaideha said: "What is the nature of that which is dear?' • Yagñavalkya replied: "Your Majesty, life itself (is that which is dear);' because for the sake of life, Your Majesty, a man sacrifices even for him who is unworthy of sacrifice, he accepts presents from him who is not worthy to bestow presents, nay, he goes to a country, even when there is fear of being hurt", for the sake of life. Life, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Life does not desert him who worships that (Brahman) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods.
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant.'
Yagñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'
4. Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.'
Or it may mean, he is afraid of being hurt, to whatever country he goes, for the sake of a livelihood.
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