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Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 3.7

English (machine translation) 3.7

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3.7

ŚĀ 3.7 = KU 1.7
‘The Yajus is his belly, the Sāman his head, this imperishable one whose form is the Ṛg. / He is to be known as Brahman, the great seer consisting of Brahman.’
He then says: ‘By what do you obtain my masculine names?’ He should reply: ‘By breath.’ ‘By what the neuter ones?’ ‘By the mind.’ ‘By what the feminine names?’ ‘By speech.’ ‘By what odours?’ ‘By the breath of smell.’ ‘By what forms?’ ‘By the eye.’ ‘By what sounds?’ ‘By the ear.’ ‘By what tastes of food?’ ‘By the tongue.’ ‘By what actions?’ ‘By the two hands.’ ‘By what pleasure and pain?’ ‘By the body.’ ‘By what bliss, delight, and procreation?’ ‘By the generative organ.’ ‘By what movements?’ ‘By the two feet.’ ‘By what thoughts, what is to be known, and desires?’ ‘By insight alone,’ he should reply.
He says to him: ‘The waters indeed are my world; that [world] is yours.’ Whatever victory is Brahman’s, whatever attainment, that victory he wins, that attainment he attains who knows thus, who knows thus.

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