The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

Brahman."
"As anyone who had the benefit of being taught by a
good mother, father and teacher should say, so did the
son of Vrishna say that the eye is Brahman; for what can
be attained by a person who cannot see? But did he tell
you about its abode and support?"
"No, he did not."
"This Brahman is only one-footed, Your Majesty."
"Then you tell us, O Yajnavalkya."
"The eye is its abode and the akasa is its support. It
should be meditated upon as truth."
"What is truth, O Yajnavalkya?"
"It is the eye, Your Majesty," said Yajnavalkya. "Verily,
Your Majesty, if one asks a person who has seen with
his eyes:
„Have you seen?‟ and he answers: „Yes, I have,‟ then it
is true.
"The eye, Your Majesty, is the Supreme Brahman. The
eye never deserts him who, knowing what has just been
said, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly approach him;
and being a god, he attains the gods."
"I give you a thousand cows with a bull as large as an
elephant," said Emperor Janaka.
Yajnavalkya replied: "My father was of the opinion that
one should not accept gifts from a disciple without fully
instructing him."
Yajnavalkya said: "Let me hear what anyone among
your teachers may have told you." "Gardabhivipita, a
descendant of Bharadvaja, told me that the ear is
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