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Chapter XII<br />

Meditation on the Gayatri<br />

<strong>The</strong> gayatri is everything, whatever here exists. Speech<br />

is verily the Gayatri, for speech sings forth (gaya-ti) and<br />

protects (traya-te) everything, whatever here exists.<br />

2<br />

That Gayatri is also the earth; for everything that<br />

exists here rests on this earth and does not go beyond.<br />

In man, that Gayatri is also the body; for the pranas exist<br />

in this body and do not go beyond.<br />

4<br />

That body, in man, is again the heart within a man;<br />

for the pranas exist in it and do not go beyond.<br />

5<br />

That Gayatri has four feet and is sixfold. <strong>The</strong> same<br />

is also declared by a Rik-verse:<br />

6<br />

"Such is its greatness (i.e. of Brahman as known through<br />

the symbol of the Gayatri). Greater than it is the Person<br />

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