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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.5.11

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.5.11

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1.5.11

tasyai vācaḥ pṛthivī śatīraṃ jyotīrūpamayamagnistadyāvatyeva vāktāvatī pṛthivī tāvānayamagniḥ

The earth is the body of that organ of speech, and this fire is its luminous organ. And as far as the organ of speech extends, so far extends the earth and so far does this fire.

Swami Madhavananda 1934, The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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