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Chandogya Upanishad: Part 13
KHANDOGYA-UPANISHAD Part 13
(aka Chandogya Upanishad)
FIRST PRAPATHAKA
THIRTEENTH KHANDA
(before first millennium BCE)
1 The syllable Hau is this world (the earth), the syllable Hai the air, the syllable Atha themoon, the syllable Iha the self, the syllable I is Agni, fire.
2. The syllable U is the sun, the syllable E is the Nihava or invocation, the syllable Auhoi is the Visve Devas, the syllable Hin is Pragapati, Svara (tone) is breath (prana), the syllable Ya is food, the syllable Vag is Virag.
3. The thirteenth stobha syllable, viz. the indistinct syllable Hun, is the Undefinable (the Highest Brahman).
4. Speech yields the milk, which is the milk of speech itself to him who knows this Upanishad (secret doctrine) of the Samans in this
wise. He becomes rich in food, and able to eat food, - yea, able to eat food.
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