The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

1
Chapter XV
The Prana as Brahman
"The prana is, verily, greater than hope. As the spokes of
a wheel are fastened to the nave, so are all these
beginning with the name and ending with hope fastened
to the prana. The prana moves by the prana. The prana
gives the prana to the prana. The prana is the father, the
prana is the mother, the prana is the brother, the prana is
the sister, the prana is the teacher, the prana is the
brahmin.
2
"If one says something unbecoming to a father, mother,
brother, sister, teacher, or brahmin, then people say:
„Shame on you! Verily, you are a slayer of your father, a
slayer of your mother, a slayer of your brother, a slayer
of your sister, a slayer of your teacher, a slayer of a
brahmin.‟
3
"But if; when the prana has departed from them, one
shoves them together with a poker and burns every bit
of them, no one would say: „You are a slayer of your
father, a slayer of your mother, a slayer of your brother,
a slayer of your sister, a slayer of your teacher, a slayer
599