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nothing, there are the seventy-two thousand arteries called Hita, which from the heart spread through the bodyl. Through them he moves forth and rests in the surrounding body. And as a young man, or a great king, or a great Brâhmana, having reached the summit of happiness, might rest, so does he then rest.
20. As the spider comes out with its thread, or as small sparks come forth from fire, thus do all senses, all worlds, all Devas, all beings come forth from that Self. The Upanishad (the true name and doctrine) of that Self is 'the True of the True.' Verily the senses are the true, and he is the true of the true.
SECOND BRÂHMANA ? I. Verily he who knows the babe 3 with his place 4, his chamber 5, his post 6, and his rope, he keeps off the seven relatives 8 who hate him. Verily by the young is meant the inner life, by his place this (body)', by his chamber this (head), by his post the vital breath, by his rope the food. .
2. Then the seven imperishable ones 10 approach him. There are the red lines in the eye, and by them Rudra clings to him. There is the water
1 “Not the pericardium only, but the whole body.' Comm. 2 Mâdhyandina text, p. 1061.
3 The lingâtman, or subtle body which has entered this body in five ways. Comm.
• The body. The head. The vital breath. 7 Food, which binds the subtle to the coarse body.
8 The seven organs of the head through which man perceives and becomes attached to the world.
9 The commentator remarks that while saying this, the body and the head are pointed out by touching them with the hand (pânipeshapratibodhanena).
10 See before, I, 5, 1, 2. They are called imperishable, because they produce imperishableness by supplying food for the prâna, here called the babe.
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