The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

their meal, when a brahmacharin begged food of them.
They did not give him anything.
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He said: "One God, Prajapati, swallowed the four great
ones. He is the Guardian of the world. O descendent of
Kapi, O Abhipratarin, mortals do not see Him though
he abides in manifold forms. Verily, this food has not
been given to Him to whom it belongs."
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Sanaka of the line of Kapi, pondering on those words,
went to the brahmacharin and said: "He is the self of the
gods, the creator of all beings, with unbroken teeth, the
eater, the truly wise one. They speak of His
magnificence as great, because without being eaten, He
eats even what is not common food. O brahmacharin,
we meditate upon this Brahman." Then he said to the
attendants: "Give him food."
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They gave food to him. Now these five (i.e. the eater
vayu and fire, the sun, the moon and water, which are its
food) and those five (i.e. the eater prana and the organs
of speech, the eye, the ear and the mind, which are its
food) make ten. These together constitute the krita (the
highest throw in a game of dice). On account of this
similarity of ten, these ten are the food in the ten
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