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VI ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 5.
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SIXTH ADHYÂYA.
First BRÂumana? 1. Harih, Om. He who knows the first and the best, becomes himself the first and the best among his people. Breath is indeed the first and the best. He who knows this, becomes the first and the best among his people, and among whomsoever he wishes to be so.
2. He who knows the richest?, becomes himself the richest among his people. Speech is the richest. He who knows this, becomes the richest among his people, and among whomsoever he wishes to be so.
3. He who knows the firm rest, becomes himself firm on even and uneven ground. The eye indeed is the firm rest, for by means of the eye a man stands firm on even and uneven ground. He who knows this, stands firm on even and uneven ground.
4. He who knows success, whatever desire he desires, it succeeds to him. The ear indeed is success. For in the ear are all these Vedas successful. He who knows this, whatever desire he desires, it succeeds to him.
5. He who knows the home, becomes a home of his own people, a home of all men. The mind
1 This Brahmana, also called a Khila (p. 1010, I. 8; P. 1029, 1. 8), occurs in the Mâdhyandina-sâkhâ XIV, 9, 2. It should be compared with the Khândogya-upanishad V, 1 (Sacred Books of the East, vol. i, p. 72); also with the Ait. Ār. II, 4; Kaush. Up. III, 3; and the Prasña Up. II, 3.
Here used as a feminine, while in the Khând. Up. V, 1, it is vasishtha.
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