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"""""DEVELOPMENT OF ITS CONCEPTION 69both are identical, one with the other.calledthe reality of this realityThe Atman is(Satyasya satyam)in Brh. ii.Up.i. 20. It is immanent in theworld and pervades even the minutest particle.This view is strictly speaking untenable, yet tosatisfy the gross and empirical instincts of humanbeings, this is the very idea that finds expressionin the greater part of the Upanisads as a whole.The idea is chiefly represented by the Chand. Up.The well-known condensed word tajjaldn is significant in the following passages from the Sandilyavidya,and means : From Brahman is all this born(tasmat jayate), into Brahman all this is reabsorbed(tasmin liyate),and in Brahman all this breathes(tasmin aniti), meaning therebyBrahman.that all-in-all isSarvam khalu idam BrahmaTajjalan iti santa upasita."Chand. Up. iii. 14. i.(Trans.}All this is Brahman. Let a man meditate on that asbeginning, ending and breathing in It.Further on Brahman is calledthe all-effecting,all- wishing, all-smelling, all-tasting, and all this(Ibid., iii. 14. 2 and 4).Again, in the very interesting narration in Prapathakavi., where Uddalaka teaches his son by meansof the parables of honey (vi. 9), streams (vi. 10),a large tree (vi. n), the nyagrodha tree (vi. 12),salt (vi. 13), a blind man travelling towards the