The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

fire is its luminous organ. And as far as the organ of
speech extends, so far extends the earth and so far
extends fire.
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Now, heaven is the body of this mind and that sun
yonder is its luminous organ. And as far as the mind
extends, so far extends the earth and so far extends fire.
The two (fire and the sun) were united and from that
was born the vital breath. It (the vital breath) is the
supreme Lord (Indra). It is without a rival. A second
being is, indeed, a rival. He who knows this has no rival.
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Next, water is the body of this vital breath and that
moon yonder is its luminous organ. And as far as the
vital breath extends, so far extends water and so far
extends the moon. These are all equal, all infinite. He
who meditates upon them as finite wins a finite world,
but he who meditates upon them as infinite wins an
infinite world.
That Prajapan, represented by the year, consists of
sixteen parts. The nights and days are fifteen of his parts
and the constant point is the sixteenth. He as the moon is
increased and decreased by the nights and days.
Through the sixteenth part he permeates all living beings
as the new-moon night and rises the following morning.
Therefore, in honour of this deity, on this night let no
one cut off the breath of any breathing being, not even
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