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BRIHADẦRANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha Såkalya tell you that the heart is Brahman; for what is the use of a person without a heart? But did he tell you the body and the restingplace 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.'
Yagñavalkya said: 'The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti).'
Ganaka Vaideha said: "What is the nature of certainty ?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: "Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart 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.'
Yâgñavalkya said: 'My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil.'
SECOND BRAHMANA. 1. Ganaka Vaideha, descending from his throne, said: 'I bow to you, O Yâgñavalkya, teach me.'
Yâgñavalkya said: “Your Majesty, as a man who wishes to make a long journey, would furnish himself with a chariot or a ship, thus is your mind well
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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 |