The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

when one hears improper things; that is that evil.
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Then they said to the mind: "Chant the Udgitha for us."
"So be it," said the mind and chanted for them.
Whatever enjoyment common to all comes from the
mind, it secured for the gods by chanting, while the
enjoyment derived from fine thinking it utilized for
itself. Now, the demons knew that through this chanter
the gods would overcome them. They charged at it and
pierced it with evil. That evil is what is found today
when one thinks improperly; that is that evil. Likewise
they also touched these other deities with evil-smote
them with evil.
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Then they said to the vital breath in the mouth: "Chant
the Udgitha for us." "So be it," said the vital breath and
chanted for them. The demons knew that through this
chanter the gods would overcome them. They charged at
it, intending to pierce it with evil. But as a clod of earth,
hitting a stone, is scattered, even so they were scattered
in all directions, crushed and
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Then the organs said: "Where is that which joined us to
our true selves?" After deliberation they discovered that
it was here, within the mouth (asye). Hence the vital
breath (prana) is called ayasya and also, because it is the
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