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The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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tell you about its abode and support?" "No, he did not."<br />

"This Brahman is only one-footed, Your Majesty."<br />

"<strong>The</strong>n you tell us, O Yajnavalkya." "<strong>The</strong> heart is its<br />

abode and the akasa is its support. It should be<br />

meditated upon as stability." "What is stability, O<br />

Yajnavalkya?" "It is the heart," said Yajnavalkya.<br />

"Verily, Your Majesty, the heart is the abode of all<br />

beings and the heart, Your Majesty, is the support of all<br />

beings. <strong>The</strong> heart, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman.<br />

"<strong>The</strong> heart never deserts him who, knowing this,<br />

meditates upon it; all beings eagerly approach him; and<br />

being a god, he attains the gods." "I give you a thousand<br />

cows with a bull as large as an elephant," said Emperor<br />

Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied: "My father was of the<br />

opinion that one should not accept gifts from a disciple<br />

without fully instructing him."<br />

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