The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter IX
The Shadow Self is Perishable
But Indra, even before he had reached the gods, saw
this difficulty: "As this reflection in the water is well
adorned when the body is well adorned, well dressed
when the body is well dressed, clean when the body is
clean, so this reflection in the water will be blind if the
body is blind, one-eyed if the body is one-eyed,
crippled if the body is crippled and will perish if the
body perishes.
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"I do not see any good in this doctrine." He returned
with fuel in hand. To him Prajapati said: "Well, Indra,
you went away with Virochana, satisfied in heart; now
for what purpose have you come back?" He (Indra) said:
"Venerable Sir, as this reflection in the water is well
adorned when the body is well adorned, well dressed
when the body is well dressed, clean when the body is
clean, so this reflection in the water will be blind if the
body is blind, one- eyed if the body is one-eyed,
crippled if the body is crippled and will perish if the
body perishes. Therefore I do not see any good in this
doctrine."
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