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BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
12. The altar, O Gautama, is man; the fuel the opened mouth, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear. On that altar the Devas offer food. From that oblation rises seed.
13. The altar, O Gautama, is woman! On that altar the Devas offer seed. From that oblation rises man. He lives so long as he lives, and then when he dies,
14. They take him to the fire (the funeral pile), and then the altar-fire is indeed fire, the fuel fuel, the smoke smoke, the light light, the coals coals, the sparks sparks. In that very altar-fire the Devas offer man, and from that oblation man rises, brilliant in colour.
15. Those who thus know this (even Grihasthas), and those who in the forest worship faith and the True 2 (Brahman Hiranyagarbha), go to light (arkis), from light to day, from day to the increasing half, from the increasing half to the six months when the sun goes to the north, from those six months to the world of the Devas (Devaloka), from the world of the Devas to the sun, from the sun to the place of lightning. When they have thus reached the place of lightning a spirits comes near them, and leads them to the worlds of the (conditioned) Brahman. In these worlds of Brahman they dwell exalted for ages. There is no returning for them.
1 Tasya upastha eva samil, lomâni dhûmo, yonir arkir, yad antahkaroti te 'ngârâ, abhinandâ visphulingâh.
Sankara translates, those who with faith worship the True,' and this seems better.
8 A person living in the Brahma-world, sent forth, i.e. created, by Brahman, by the mind,' Sankara. "Der ist nicht wie ein Mensch,' Deussen, p. 392.
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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 |