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these vital airs take possession of him as his own (svâ api-yanti): hence (the term) 'svâpyaya (being taken possession of by one's own people),' 'svâpyaya' doubtless being what they mystically call 'svapna (sleep),' for the gods love the mystic.
15. And when he is asleep, he does not, by means of them, know of anything whatever, nor does he form any resolution with his mind, or distinguish the taste of food with (the channel of) his speech, or distinguish any smell with the channel of) his breath ; neither does he see with his eye, nor hear with his ear, for those (vital airs) have taken possession of him. Whilst being one only, he (the man in the eye) is numerously distributed among living beings : whence the Lokamprinâ (representing the man in the sun), whilst being one only in kind), extends over the whole altar; and because he (the man in the eye) is one only, therefore (the Lokamprina) is one.
16. As to this they say, 'One death, or many ?' Let him say, 'Both one and many;' for inasmuch as he is that (man in the sun) in yonder world he is one, and inasmuch as he is numerously distributed here on earth among living beings, there are also many of them.
17. As to this they say, 'Is Death near or far away?' Let him say, 'Both near and far away;' for inasmuch as he is here on earth in the body he is near, and inasmuch as he is that one in yonder world he also is far away.
18. Regarding this there is the verse,- Con
'Or, they keep within him, they nestle in him,-apiyanti prâpnuvanti, aliyanta ity arthah. Sây.
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