The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

self-possessed. Gargya remained silent.
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Ajatasatru said: "Is this all?" "That is all." "By
knowing that much one cannot know Brahman." "Let
me approach you as a student," said Gargya.
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Ajatasatru said: "It is contrary to usual practice that a
brahmin should approach a kshatriya, thinking: 'He will
teach me about Brahman.' Nevertheless, I will instruct
you." So saying, he took Gargya by the hand and rose.
They came to a sleeping man. Ajatasatru addressed him
by these names: Great, White- robed, Radiant, Soma.
The man did not get up. The king pushed him again and
again with his hand till he awoke. Then he got up.
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Ajatasatru said: "When this being full of consciousness
(identified with the intellect) was thus asleep, where was
it then and whence did it thus come back?" Gargya did
not know the answer.
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Ajatasatru said: "When this being full of
consciousness (vijnana maya) is thus asleep, it
absorbs, at that time, the functions of the organs
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