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Prasna-Upanishad: Fifth Question
Fifth Question1. Then Saivya Satyakama asked him: “Sir, if some one among men should meditate here until death on the syllable Om, what would he obtain by it?”2. He replied: “O Satyakama, the…Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad: Fifth Adhyâya, Second Brahmana
Second Brahmana1. The threefold descendants of Pragâpati, gods, men, and Asuras (evil spirits), dwelt as Brahmakarins (students) with their father Pragâpati. Having finished their studentship…Khandogya-Upanishad: Third Prapathaka, Sixteenth Khanda
Sixteenth Khanda1. Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gâyatrî hymns. The…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Second Aranyaka, Third Adhyâya, Eighth Khanda
Eighth Khanda1. Here (with regard to obtaining Hiranyagarbha) there are these Slokas:2. The fivefold body into which the indestructible (prâna, breath) enters, that body which the harnessed…Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad: Sixth Prapathaka
Sixth Prapatraka1. He (the Self) bears the Self in two ways, as he who is Prâna (breath), and as he who is Aditya (the sun). Therefore there are two paths for him, within and without, and…Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Backward
The Question: How do you say "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" backwards? The Answer: Ah, a trick question. As viewers of Mary Poppins know, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a word…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Parting
A Syllable Aspiration Parting My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me, So huge, so hopeless to conceive, As…Writing Well: Tools of the Trade
Tools of the TradeWriting WellPicture This: DescriptionHelp Is on the Way!Make a Deposit in the Idea BankTake the PlungeColor My WorldMusic to the EyesTools of the TradeAn Affair to Remember…Aitareya-Aranyaka: First Aranyaka, Third Adhyâya, Third Khanda
Third Khanda1. He begins with tad, this, (the first word of the first hymn, tad id asa). Verily “this, this” is food, and thus he obtains food.2. Pragâpati indeed uttered this as the first…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Second Aranyaka, Third Adhyâya, Fourth Khanda
Fourth Khanda1. He who knows one sacrifice above another, one day above another, one deity above the others, he is clever. Now this great uktha (the nishke-valya-sastra) is the sacrifice…Trending
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