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Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 1.9

Praśnopaniṣad 1.9

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Sanskrit

1.9

ta eva punarāvartante tasmādetaṛṣayaḥ prajākāmā dakṣiṇaṃ pratipadyante
eṣa ha vairayiryaḥ pitṛyāṇaḥ

The year indeed is Pragâpati, and there are two paths thereof, the Southern and the Northern. Now those who here believe in sacrifices and pious gifts as work done, gain the moon only as their (future) world, and return again. Therefore the Rishis who desire offspring, go to the South, and that path of the Fathers is matter (rayi).

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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