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Chandogya Upanishad 3.18.2

Chāndogyopaniṣad 3.18.2

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Sanskrit

3.18.2

tad etac catuṣpād brahma \
vāk pādaḥ prāṇaḥ pādaś cakṣuḥ pādaḥ śrotraṃ pādaḥ \
ity adhyātmam \
athādhidaivatam \
agniḥ pādo vāyuḥ pāda ādityaḥ pādo diśaḥ pādaḥ \
ity ubhayam evādiṣṭaṃ bhavaty adhyātmaṃ cādhidaivataṃ ca \\318.2\

2. That Brahma has four quarters. One quarter is speech.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

One quarter is breath. One quarter is the eye. One quarter is the ear.—Thus with reference to the self.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

Now with reference to the divinities.—One quarter is Agni (Fire). One quarter is Vāyu (Wind). One quarter is Āditya (the Sun). One quarter is the quarters of heaven.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

—This is the twofold instruction with reference to the self and with reference to the divinities.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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