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Chapter II<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mantha Rite<br />

<strong>The</strong> prana said: "What will be my food?"<br />

<strong>The</strong>y answered: "Whatever food there is-including that<br />

of dogs and birds."<br />

<strong>The</strong> Upanishad says: All that is eaten is the food of the<br />

ana.<br />

Ana is his (i.e. the prana‟s) direct name. For one who<br />

knows this, there exists nothing which is not food.<br />

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He said: "What will be my dress?" <strong>The</strong>y answered:<br />

"Water." <strong>The</strong>refore when people eat they cover him (the<br />

prana), both before and after eating, with water. Thus<br />

the prana obtains clothing and is no longer naked.<br />

3<br />

Satyakama the son of Jabala explained this doctrine of<br />

the prana to Gosruti, the son of Vyaghrapada and said:<br />

"If one should tell this to a dry stump, branches would<br />

grow and leaves spring forth."<br />

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Now, if a man wishes to attain greatness, he should<br />

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