The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter II
Description of the Prana
He who knows the calf together with its abode, its
special resort, its post and its rope, kills his seven hostile
kinsmen. The vital breath in the body is indeed the calf;
this body is its abode, the head its special resort, strength
its post and food its rope.
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These seven gods that prevent decay worship it (the
calf): through these pink lines in the eye, Rudra attends
on it; through the water in the eye, Parjanya attends on
it; through the pupil of the eye, the sun attends on it;
through the black of the eye, fire attends on it; through
the white portion, Indra; through the
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Regarding this there is the following mantra: "There is a
bowl which has its mouth below and which bulges at the
top. Manifold knowledge has been put into it; seven
sages sit on its rim and the organ of speech, which has
communication with the Vedas, is the eighth." What is
called the "bowl which has its mouth below and which
bulges at the top" is this head of ours, for it is a bowl
which has its mouth below and which bulges at the top.
When it is said: "Manifold knowledge has been put into
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