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BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD.
They replied: 'Whatever there is, even unto dogs, worms, insects, and birds', that is thy food, and water thy dress. He who thus knows the food of Ana (the breath), by him nothing is eaten that is not (proper) food, nothing is received that is not (proper) food. Srotriyas (Vedic theologians) who know this, rinse the mouth with water when they are going to eat, and rinse the mouth with water after they have eaten, thinking that thereby they make the breath dressed (with water).'
SECOND BRAHMANAS. 1. Svetaketu Âruneya went to the settlement of the Pañkalas. He came near to Pravâhana Gaivali“, who was walking about (surrounded by his men). As soon as he (the king) saw him, he said : My boy!' Svetaketu replied: Sir!
Then the king said: 'Have you been taught by your father!' Yes,' he replied.
2. The king said: “Do you know how men, when they depart from here, separate from each other?' 'No,' he replied.
'Do you know how they come back to this world ?' 'No,' he replied 5.
* It may mean, every kind of food, such as is eaten by dogs, worms, insects, and birds.
? We must read, with MS. 1.0.375, anasyânnam, not annasyânnam, as MS. I.O. 1973, Roer, and Poley read. Weber has the right reading, which is clearly suggested by Khând. Up. V, 2, 1.
See Khând. Up. V, 3 ; Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, I, 433; Deussen, Vedanta, p. 390. The commentator treats this chapter as a supplement, to explain the ways that lead to the pitriloka and the devaloka.
• The MSS. I. O. 375 and 1973 give Gaivali, others Gaibali. He is a Kshatriya sage, who appears also in Khând. Up. I, 8, 1, as silencing Brâhmanas.
• The same question is repeated in Roer's edition, only substi
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