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but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye, knowing with the mind, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.' Then the ear entered in.
11. The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: 'How have you been able to live without me ?' They replied : ‘Like fools, not knowing with their mind, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, generating with seed. Thus we have lived.' Then the mind entered in.
12. The seed departed, and having been absent for a year, it came back and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied:
Like impotent people, not generating with seed, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, knowing with the mind. Thus we have lived.' Then the seed entered in.
13. The (vital) breath, when on the point of departing, tore up these senses, as a great, excellent horse of the Sindhu country might tare up the pegs to which he is tethered. They said to him : 'Sir, do not depart. We shall not be able to live without thee. He said: "Then make me an offering.' They said : 'Let it be so.'
14. Then the tongue said: 'If I am the richest, then thou art the richest by it.' The eye said : 'If I am the firm rest, then thou art possessed of firm rest by it.' The ear said: 'If I am success, then thou art possessed of success by it.' The mind said: 'If I am the home, thou art the home by it. The seed said: 'If I am generation, thou art possessed of generation by it.' He said : 'What shall be food, what shall be dress for me?'
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