The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter V
In Praise of Satya Brahman
In the beginning this universe was water alone. That
water produced Satya. Satya is Brahman. Brahman
produced Prajapati and Prajapati the gods. Those gods
meditate on Satya. This name Satya consists of three
syllables. Sa is one syllable, ti is one syllable and ya is
one syllable. The first and last syllables are the truth. In
the middle is untruth. This untruth is enclosed on both
sides by truth; thus truth preponderates. Untruth does
not hurt him who knows this.
Now, that which is Satya is the sun-the being who
dwells in yonder orb and the being who is in the right
eye. These two rest on each other. The former (the being
in the sun) rests on the latter (the being in the right eye)
through his rays and the latter rests on the former
through his organs. When the individual self is about to
leave the body, he sees the solar orb clearly (i.e. without
rays). Those rays no longer come to him.
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Of this being who is in the solar orb, the syllable Bhuh
is the head, for there is one head and there is this one
syllable; the word Bhuvah is the arms, for there are two
arms and there are these two syllables; the word Svah is
the legs, for there are two legs and there are these two
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