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 descendant of Bharadvaja say that the ear is
Brahman; for what can be attained by a person who
cannot hear? But did he tell you about its abode and
support?" "No, he did not." "This Brahman is only onefooted,
Your Majesty." "Then you tell us, O
Yajnavalkya." "The ear is its abode and the akasa is its
support. It should be meditated upon as infinite." "What
is infinity, O Yajnavalkya?" "It is the quarters, Your
Majesty," said Yajnavalkya. "Verily, Your Majesty, to
whatever quarter (direction) one may go, one never
reaches its end. Hence the quarters are infinite. The
quarters, O Emperor, are the ear and the ear, O Emperor,
is the Supreme Brahman. "The ear never deserts him
who, knowing this, 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."
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Yajnavalkya said: "Let me hear what anyone among
your teachers may have told you."
"Satyakama, the son of Jabala, told me that the mind is
Brahman."
"As anyone who had the benefit of being taught by a
good mother, father and teacher should say, so did the
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