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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 2 (1.2.7)
He desired: ' Would that this [body] of mine were fit for sacrifice! Would that by it I had a self (atmanmn)! J Thereupon it became a horse (asva), because it swelled (a£vat). ' It has become fit for sacrifice (medhya) \ ' thought he. There- fore the horse-sacrifice is called A6va-medha. He, verily, knows the A3va-medha, who knows it thus. He kept him [i.e. the horse] in mind without confining him. After a year he sacrificed him for himself, [Other] animals he delivered over to the divinities. Therefore men sacrifice the victim which is consecrated to Prajapati as though offered unto all the gods. free for a year. Verily, that [sun] which gives forth heat is the Asva-medha. The year is its embodiment (atmau). This [eaithly] fire is the ar&a. The worlds are its embodi- ments. These aie two, the arka sacrificial fire and the A^va- medha sacrifice. Yet again they are one divinity, even Death. He [who knows this] wards off death again, death obtains him not, death becomes his body (atman\ he becomes one of these deities.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 12 (2)
'He who knowing this meditates on him, destroys sin, obtains the world (of Agni Anvâhârya), reaches his full age, and lives long; his descendants do...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka III, Khanda 17 (6)
Ghora Âṅgirasa, after having communicated this (view of the sacrifice) to Krishna, the son of Devăkî --and he never thirsted again (after other...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 13 (2)
'He who knowing this meditates on him, destroys sin, obtains the world (of Agni Âhavanîya), reaches his full age, and lives long; his descendants do...
Katha Upanishad
First Vallī (13)
Those who live in the heaven-world reach immortality,--this I ask as my second boon.'...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 11 (2)
'He who knowing this meditates on him, destroys sin, obtains the world (of Agni Gârhapatya), reaches his full age, and lives long; his descendants do...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 6 (1)
Let a man meditate on the fivefold Sâman in animals. The hiṅkâra is goats, the prastâva sheep, the udgîtha cows, the pratihâra horses, the nidhana...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 12 (2)
'You eat food, and see your desire (a son, &c.), and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food, sees his desire, and has Vedic glory...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 10 (6)
He obtains here the victory over the sun (death), and there is a higher victory than the victory over the sun for him, who knowing this meditates on...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 17 (6)
If the sacrifice is injured by the Sâma-veda side, let him offer a libation in the Âhavanîya fire, saying, Svah, Svâhâ! Thus does he bind together...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 12 (1)
'Aupamanyava, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Heaven only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 21 (2)
'And through their satisfaction he (the sacrificer or eater) himself is satisfied with offspring, cattle, health, brightness, and Vedic splendour.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 24 (16)
He who knows this, knows the full measure of the sacrifice, yea, he knows it.
Katha Upanishad
First Vallī (18)
'He who knows the three Nâkiketa fires, and knowing the three, piles up the Nâkiketa sacrifice, he, having first thrown off the chains of death,...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 24 (14)
Then he sacrifices, saying: 'Adoration to the Âdityas and to the Visve Devas, who dwell in heaven, who dwell in the world. Obtain that world for me,...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka III, Khanda 16 (1)
Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 15 (2)
'You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food and sees his desire, and has Vedic glory in his...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 16 (1)
Verily, he who purifies (Vâyu) is the sacrifice, for he (the air) moving along purifies everything. Because moving along he purifies everything,...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 17 (9)
That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman priest who knows this. And with regard to such a Brahman...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 24 (5)
Then he sacrifices, saying: 'Adoration to Agni, who dwells on the earth, who dwells in the world! Obtain that world for me, the sacrificer! That is...