The Philosophy of the Upanishads c11.s3.t2.1

c11.s3.t2.1

“The *Vais’vânara*, that exists in a waking condition, recognising external objects, with seven limbs and nineteen mouths, enjoying that which is material, is his first quarter.”¹ The âtman in the first of the four states, that of waking, is said to be “seven-limbed” because, according to Chând. 5. 18. 2, whence the name *vais’vânara* is derived, it consists of sky, sun, wind, ether, water, earth and (sacrificial) fire, and recognises this its cosmical being by means of its “nineteen-mouthed” (ten indriyas, five prâṇas, manas, buddhi, ahaṅkâra, c’ittam) psychical being. Thus it enjoys the world of “material” objects. Kaivalya 12 may be quoted in explanation:—