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Chandogya Upanisad
Chapter Three
III.18
1. One should contemplate mind as brahman. That is regarding oneself. Now, regarding deities: space is brahman. Both are taught, regarding oneself and regarding deities.
2. Brahman has four feet. Speech is a foot, breath is a foot, eye is a foot, ear is a foot. That is regarding oneself. Now, regarding deities: fire is a foot, air is a foot, the sun is a foot, the directions are a foot.
3. Speech is a quarter, a foot of brahman. With fire as its light it shines and gives heat. The one who knows this shines and gives heat with fame, glory, the radiance of brahman.
4. Breath is a quarter, a foot of brahman. With air as its light it shines and gives heat. The one who knows this shines and gives heat with fame, glory, the radiance of brahman.
5. The eye is a quarter, a foot of brahman. With the sun as its light it shines and gives heat. The one who knows this shines and gives heat with fame, glory, the radiance of brahman.
6. The ear is a quarter, a foot of brahman. With the directions as its light it shines and gives heat. He shines and gives heat with fame, glory, the radiance of brahman, the one who knows this: the one who knows this.
III.19
1. The sun is brahman: this is the symbolic statement. To explain further: in the beginning this was not-being. That was being; it came into existence; it turned into an egg. It lay for the space of a year, then cracked open. The two halves of the egg-shell became gold and silver.
2. What was the silver half is the earth, and what was the gold half is the sky. What was the chorion is the mountains, and what was the amnion is the mist with the clouds. What were the blood-vessels are the rivers, and what was the amniotic fluid is the sea.
3. What was born is the sun. When it was being born, sounds of ululation went up towards it, and all beings and all desires. So at its rising and at its setting, sounds of ululation go up towards it, and all beings and all desires.
4. Good sounds will come quickly to him-the one who, knowing this, contemplates the sun as brahman-and will fill him with joy: will fill him with joy.
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