The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

sweet (madhu) unto us, may the sun be sweet (madhu),
may the quarters be filled with sweetness (madhu) for
us!‟ „Svaha to heaven (Svah).‟ Then he repeats the
whole Gayatri and all the verses about sweetness
(madhumati) and says at the end: "May I be all this!
Svaha to earth, sky and heaven. Then he eats all that is
left of the paste, washes his hands and lies down behind
the fire with his head to the east. In the morning he
salutes the sun saying: "You are the one non-dual and
best lotus of the quarters; may I be the one lotus among
men. Then he returns the way he went, sits behind the
fire and repeats the line of teachers.
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Uddalaka, the son of Aruna, taught this to his pupil
Vijasaneya Yajnavalkya and said: "Should One pour it
(the paste) even On a dry stump, branches would grow
and leaves spring forth."
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Then Vajasaneya Yajnavalkya taught this to his pupil
Madhuka, the son of Paingi and said: "Should one pour
it even on a dry stump, branches would grow and
leaves spring forth."
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Then Madhuka, the son of Paingi, taught this to his pupil
Chula, the son of Bhagavitta and said: "Should one pour
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