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BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
3. Now of the person in that (solar) orb Bhůh is the head, for the head is one, and that syllable is one; Bhuvah the two arms, for the arms are two, and these syllables are two; Svar the foot, for the feet are two, and these syllables are two! Its secret name is Ahar (day), and he who knows this, destroys (hanti) evil and leaves (gahâti) it.
4. Of the person in the right eye Bhùh is the head, for the head is one, and that syllable is one; Bhuvah the two arms, for the arms are two, and these syllables are two; Svar the foot, for the feet are two, and these syllables are two. Its secret name is Aham (ego), and he who knows this, destroys (hanti) evil and leaves (gahâti) it.
Sixth BRÂHMANA. 1. That person, under the form of mind (manas), being light indeed ?, is within the heart, small like a grain of rice or barley. He is the ruler of all, the lord of all-he rules all this, whatsoever exists.
SEVENTH BRÂHMANA. 1. They say that lightning is Brahman, because lightning (vidyut) is called so from cutting off (vidânât) Whosoever knows this, that lightning is Brahman, him (that Brahman) cuts off from evil, for lightning indeed is Brahman.
1 Svar has to be pronounced suvar.
2 Bhâhsatya must be taken as one word, as the commentator says, bhâ eva satyam sadbhâvah svarûpam yasya so'yam bhâhsatyo bhâsvarah.
s From do, avakhandane, to cut; the lightning cutting through the darkness of the clouds, as Brahman, when known, cuts through the darkness of ignorance.
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