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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Part One
Chapter I
Meditation on the Horse-sacrifice
Om, verily, the head of the sacrificial horse is the dawn,
its eye the sun, its vital breath the wind, its open mouth
the Vaisvanara fire and the trunk of the sacrificial horse
is the year. The back is heaven, the belly the
intermediate region, the hoof the earth, the sides the four
quarters, the ribs the intermediate quarters, the limbs the
seasons, the joints the months and half-months, the feet
the days and nights, the bones the stars, the flesh the
clouds. Its half-digested food is the sand, the bloodvessels
the rivers, the liver and lungs the mountains, the
hair the herbs and trees. The fore part of the horse is the
rising sun and the hinder part the setting sun. Its yawn is
lightning, its shaking of the body is thunder, its water is
rain and its neighing is indeed voice.
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The day, verily, is the golden cup called mahiman, in
front of the horse, which arose pointing it out. Its source
is the eastern sea. The night, verily, is the silver cup
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