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knows this conquers further death."
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"Yajnavalkya," said he, "when this liberated person dies,
do his organs depart from him or not?" "No," replied
Yajnavalkya, "they merge in him only. The body swells,
is inflated and in that state the dead body lies at rest."
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"Yajnavalkya," said he, "when such a man dies, what is
it that does not leave him?"
"The name. For the name is infinite and infinite are the
Visve-devas. He who knows this wins thereby an
infinite world."
"Yajnavalkya," said he, "when the vocal organ of this
dead person merges in fire, the nose in air, the eye in the
sun, the mind in the moon, the ear in the quarters, the
body in the earth, the akasa (space) in the heart in the
external akasa, the hair on the body in the herbs, the hair
on the head in the trees and the blood and semen are
deposited in water, where is that person then?"
Yajnavalkya said: "Give me your hand, dear Artabhaga.
We shall decide this between ourselves; we cannot do it
in a crowd." Then they went out and deliberated and
what they talked about was karma (work) and what they
praised was karma: one becomes good through good
karma and evil through evil karma. Thereupon
Artabhaga, of the line of Jaratkaru, held his peace.
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