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The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter VII<br />

Meditation on Brahman as Lightning<br />

<strong>The</strong>y say that lightning is Brahman. It is called<br />

lightning (vidyut) because it scatters (vidanat)<br />

darkness. Whosoever knows this-that lightning is<br />

Brahman-scatters the evils that are ranged against him;<br />

for lightning is indeed Brahman.<br />

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One should meditate upon speech (the Vedas) as a<br />

cow. She (speech) has four teats: the sounds Svaha;<br />

Vashat, Hanta and Svadha. <strong>The</strong> gods live on two of<br />

her teats, Svaha and Vashat; men, on Hanta; and the<br />

Manes on Svadha. Her bull is the vital breath (prana)<br />

and her calf, the mind.<br />

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