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38. There is, however, a later phase in the development of the conception of the path of the Gods which we must not fail to notice. The Kaushītaki Upanishad makes a curious development in the conception of the Path of the Gods. It tells us that when a soul comes to the Path of the Gods, " he first goes to the world of Fire, then to the world of Wind, then to the world of Varuṇa, then to the world of the Sun, then to the world of Indra, then to the world of Prajāpati, and finally to the world of Brahman." It does away with the relays recognised in the Bṛihadāraṇyaka Upanishad or the Chhāndogya Upanishad and substitutes new ones. Instead of such unmeaning conceptions as the " world of day," or " the world of the bright half of the month," or " the world of the six months during which the sun is moving towards the