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IV ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 7.
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Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Satyakâma Gâbâla told me that mind1 (manas) is Brahman.'
Yâgñavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Satyakâma Gâbâla tell you that mind is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without mind? But did he tell you the body and the resting-place of that Brahman?'
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'He did not tell me.' Yagnavalkya said: 'Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only.'
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Yâgñavalkya.' Yagñavalkya said: 'Mind itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as bliss.'
Ganaka Vaideha said: 'What is the nature of bliss?' Yagñavalkya replied: 'Your Majesty, mind itself; for with the mind does a man desire a woman, and a like son is born of her, and he is bliss. Mind indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. Mind 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.'
7. Yâgñavalkya said: 'Let us hear what anybody may have told you.'
Ganaka Vaideha replied: 'Vidagdha Sâkalya told me that the heart (hridaya) is Brahman.' Yagnavalkya said: 'As one who had (the benefit
1 See also Taitt. Up. III, 4.
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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 |