The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter VIII
Instruction by the Diver-Bird
The swan further said: "A madgu (diver-bird) will
declare to you another foot." Satyakama then, when it
was the morrow, drove the cows in the direction of the
teacher‟s house. And when they came together toward
evening, he lighted a fire, penned the cows, laid fuel on
the fire and sat down behind the fire, facing the east.
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Then a diver-bird flew to him and said:
"Satyakama!" "Revered Sir!" Satyakama replied.
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"Dear friend, I will declare to you one foot of Brahman."
"Declare it, revered Sir."
The diver-bird said to him: "The prana is one quarter,
the eye is one quarter, the ear is one quarter, the mind is
one quarter.
This, dear friend, is one foot of Brahman, consisting of
four quarters and this foot is called Ayatanavat (having
support).
"He who knows this and meditates on the foot of
Brahman consisting of four quarters as Ayatanavat,
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