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BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
Sir.' He told them the same syllable Da. Then he said: 'Did you understand ?' They said: 'We did understand. You told us, "Datta," Give.' "Yes,' he said, you have understood.
3. Then the Asuras said to him: 'Tell us something, Sir. He told them the same syllable Da. Then he said: 'Did you understand ?' They said : We did understand. You told us, “Dayadham," Be merciful.' 'Yes,' he said, you have understood:
The divine voice of thunder repeats the same, Da Da Da, that is, Be subdued, Give, Be merciful. Therefore let that triad be taught, Subduing, Giving, and Mercy.
THIRD BRÂHMANA. 1. Pragậpati is the heart, is this Brahman, is all this. The heart, hridaya, consists of three syllables. One syllable is hri, and to him who knows this, his own people and others bring offerings 1. One syllable is da, and to him who knows this, his own people and others bring gifts. One syllable is yam, and he who knows this, goes to heaven (svarga) as his world.
Fourth BRÂHMANA. 1. This (heart) indeed is even that, it was indeed the true ? (Brahman). And whosoever knows this great glorious first-born as the true Brahman, he conquers these worlds, and conquered likewise may that (enemy) beo! yes, whosoever knows this great
· Sankara explains that with regard to the heart, i.e. buddhi, the senses are 'its own people,' and the objects of the senses 'the others.'
* The true, not the truth; the truly existing. The commentator explains it as it was explained in II, 3, 1, as sat and tya, containing both sides of the Brahman.
* An elliptical expression, as explained by the commentator : May that one (his enemy) be conquered, just as that one was
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