The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

means death and the "real," immortality; so it says,
"From death lead me to immortality," that is to say,
"Make me immortal." When it says: "From darkness
lead me to light," "darkness" means death and "light,"
immortality; so it says: "From death lead me to
immortality," that is to say, "Make me immortal." In the
verse: "From death lead me to immortality," there is
nothing that is hidden. Then come the remaining hymns,
with which, by singing them, [the chanter] should obtain
food for himself. Therefore while they are being chanted
let the sacrificer ask for a boon- anything that he desires.
Whatever objects this chanter, endowed with such
knowledge, desires for himself or for the sacrificer, he
obtains by his chanting. This [meditation] by itself wins
the world (Hiranyagarbha). He who thus knows the
saman (the prana, or vital breath)-for him there is no
fear of not being admitted into that world.
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