The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter IV
Meditation on Om as Fearlessness and
Immortality
The syllable Om, called the Udgitha, should be
meditated upon;
for people sing the Udgitha, beginning with Om.
Now follows the detailed explanation of this syllable.
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The gods, afraid of death, entered upon the threefold
knowledge. They covered themselves with the metrical
hymns. Because they covered (acchadayan) themselves
with the hymns, the hymns are called chhandas.
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As a fisherman might observe a fish in shallow water,
so death observed the gods in the Rik, the Yajus and
the Saman. They too came to know this, rose from the
Rik, the Yajus and the Saman and entered the Svara
(Om) alone.
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When a man has mastered the Rig-Veda he loudly
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