The Philosophy of the Upanishads c12.s3.t2.3

c12.s3.t2.3

In Chând. 3. 17 life is regarded allegorically as a great soma festival. In this a miniature ethical system in five words is incidentally interwoven, when as the reward of the sacrifice (*dakshiṇâ*), which is to be offered at the great sacrificial feast of life, are named:—(1) *tapas*, asceticism; (2) *dânam*, liberality; (3) *ârjavam*, right dealing; (4) *ahiṃsâ*, no injury to life; and (5) *satyavac'anam*, truthfulness.