The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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"Yajnavalkya," said Sakalya, "what Brahman do you
know, that you have thus flouted these Vedic
scholars of Kuru and Panchala?"
Yajnavalkya replied: "I know the quarters, with their
deities and supports."
Sakalya said: "If you know the quarters, with their
deities and supports, what deity are you
identified with in the east?"
"With the deity sun."
"In what does the sun find its support?"
"The eye.
"In what does the eye find its support?"
"Colours, for one sees colours with the eye."
"In what do colours find their support?"
"The heart (mind)," said Yajnavalkya, "for one knows
colours through the heart. Therefore it is in
the heart that colours find their support."
"Just so, Yajnavalkya."
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"Yajnavalkya," said Sakalya, "what deity are you
identified with in the south?"
"With the deity Yama (the god of justice)."
"In what does Yama find his support?"
"The sacrifice."
"In what does the sacrifice find its support?"
"The remuneration of the priests."
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