The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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The organ of speech departed. After being absent for a
whole year it came back and said: "How have you
been able to live without me?" The other organs said:
"We lived just as dumb people live, without speaking
through the tongue, but living through the vital breath,
seeing through the eye, hearing through the ear,
knowing through the mind and procreating through the
organ of generation." Then the organ of speech entered
the body.
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The eye departed. After being absent for a whole year
it came back and said: "How have you been able to
live without me?" The other organs said: "We lived
just as blind people live, without seeing through the
eye, but living through the vital
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The ear went out. After being absent for a whole year it
came back and said: "How have you been able to live
without me?" The other organs said: "We lived just as
deaf people live, without hearing through the ear, but
living through the vital breath, speaking through the
organ of speech, seeing through the eye, knowing
through the mind and procreating through the organ of
generation." Then the ear entered the body.
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