The Philosophy of the Upanishads c10.s3.t2.11

c10.s3.t2.11

to a dissolution and re-creation of the universe. Judging from the entire context, they signify only that the vein is "the centre and circumference of the universe."³ The case stands otherwise with the repetition of these words in S'vet. 4. 11.⁴ Here from their relation to the other passages of the S'vet. Up. they gain a new significance, which we now proceed to discuss.