The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

The divine vital breath from water and the moon
permeates him. And, verily, that is the divine vital
breath which, whether moving or not moving, neither
feels pain nor is injured. He who knows this becomes
the self of all beings. As is this deity (Hiranyagarbha),
so is he. And as all beings honour this deity, so do they
honour him. Howsoever creatures may grieve, that grief
of theirs remains with them but only merit goes to him.
No demerit ever goes to the gods.
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Next follows the consideration of the vow (meditative
worship): Prajapati projected the organs. They, when
they were projected, quarrelled with one another. The
organ of speech resolved: "I will go on speaking"; the
eye: "I will go on seeing"; the ear: "I will go on
hearing." So did the other organs, according to their
functions. Death, having taken the form of weariness,
laid hold of them-it overtook them and having overtaken
them, restrained them. Therefore does the organ of
speech become tired and so do the eye and the ear. But
death did not overtake the vital breath (prana) in the
body. The other organs resolved to know it and said:
"This is verily the greatest among us; whether moving or
not moving, it neither feels pain nor is injured. Well
then, let us assume its form." They all assumed its form.
Therefore they are called pranas after it. In whatever
family there is a man who knows this-that family they
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