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Maitrayaniya Upanishad 4.5

Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 4.5

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Sanskrit

4.5

samāsaktaṃ yadā cittaṃ jantorviṣayagocare |
yadyevaṃ brahmaṇi syāttatko na mucyeta bandhanāt ||

The Vâlakhilyas said: 'O Saint, thou art the teacher, thou art the teacher. What thou hast said, has been properly laid up in our mind. Now answer us a further question: Agni, Vâyu, Âditya, Time (kâla) which is Breath (prâna), Food (anna), Brahmâ, Rudra, Vishnu, thus do some meditate on one, some on another. Say which of these is the best for us.' He said to them:

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15): Maitrâyaṇa-brâhmaṇa-upanishad

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