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Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 6.38

Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.38

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Sanskrit

6.38

śarīraprādeśāṅguṣṭhamātramaṇorapyanvayaṃ dhyātvātaḥparamatāṃ gacchati atra hi sarve kāmāḥ samāhitā iti atrodāharanti aṅguṣṭhaprādeśaśarīramātraṃ pradīpapratāpavadvistridhā hi tadbrahmābhiṣṭūyamānaṃ maho devo bhuvanānyāviveśa |
oṃ namo brahmaṇe namaḥ ||

Having meditated upon him who is of the measure of a thumb or of a span within the body, more subtile than the subtile, then one goes to the supreme condition; for therein all desires are contained. On this point they quote:—

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

Of size of thumb or span within the body,
A light of twofold or of threefold brightness,
This Brahma who is being praised,
The great god—He has entered in all beings!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

Om! Adoration to Brahma! yea, adoration!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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