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Chapter VII<br />

Instruction by Fire<br />

<strong>The</strong> bull further said: "Agni (fire) will declare to you<br />

another foot of Brahman." Satyakama then, when it was<br />

the morrow, drove the cows in the direction of the<br />

teacher‟s house. And when they came together toward<br />

evening, he lighted a fire, penned the cows, laid fuel on<br />

the fire and sat down behind the fire, facing the east.<br />

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Agni (fire), addressing him, said: "Satyakama!"<br />

"Revered Sir!" Satyakama replied.<br />

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"Dear friend, I will declare to you one foot of Brahman."<br />

"Declare it, revered Sir."<br />

Agni said to him: "<strong>The</strong> earth is one quarter, the sky is<br />

one quarter, heaven is one quarter, the ocean is one<br />

quarter. This, dear friend, is one foot of Brahman,<br />

consisting of four quarters and this foot is called<br />

Anantavat (endless).<br />

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"He who knows this and meditates on the foot of<br />

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