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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.6.3.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.6.3.2

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10.6.3.2

sa ātmānamupāsīta manomayam prāṇaśarīram bhārūpamākāśātmānaṃ kāmarūpiṇam manojavasaṃ satyasaṃkalpaṃ satyadhṛtiṃ sarvagandhaṃ sarvarasaṃ sarvā anu diśaḥ prabhūtaṃ sarvamidamabhyāptamavākkamanādaraṃ yathā vrīhirvā yavo vā śyāmāko vā śyāmākataṇḍulo vaivamayamantarātmanpuruṣo hiraṇmayo yathā jyotiradhūmamevaṃ jyāyāndivo jyāyānākāśājjyāyānasyai pṛthivyai jyāyāntsarvebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ sa prāṇasyātmaiṣa ma ātmaitamita ātmānam pretyābhisambhaviṣyāmīti yasya syādaddhā na vicikitsāstīti ha smāha śāṇḍilya evametaditi

Let him meditate on the Self, which is made up of intelligence, and endowed with a body of spirit, with a form of light, and with an etherial nature, which changes its shape at will, is swift as thought, of true resolve, and true purpose, which consists of all sweet odours and tastes, which holds sway over all the regions and pervades this whole universe, which is speechless and indifferent;even as a grain of rice, or a grain of barley, or a grain of millet, or the smallest granule of millet, so is this golden Purusha in the heart; even as a smokeless light, it is greater than the sky, greater than the ether, greater than the earth, greater than all existing things;--that self of the spirit (breath) is my self: on passing away from hence I shall obtain that self. Verily, whosoever has this trust, for him there is no uncertainty. Thus spake Sândilya, and so it is.

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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