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Passages similar to: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad — Brahmana 2
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Hindu
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 2 (6.2.12)
Man (purusd), verily, is a sacrificial fire, O Gautama. The open mouth, verily, is its fuel; breath (prdnd), the smoke, speech, the flame; the eye, the coals; the ear, the sparks. In this fire the gods offer food. From this oblation semen arises.
Hindu
Prapathaka V, Khanda 7 (1)
'The altar is man, O Gautama; its fuel speech itself, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear.
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Hindu
Second Mundaka, First Khanda (5)
From him comes Agni (fire), the sun being the fuel; from the moon (Soma) comes rain (Parganya); from the earth herbs; and man gives seed unto the...
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Hindu
Prapathaka V, Khanda 4 (1)
'The altar (on which the sacrifice is supposed to be offered) is that world (heaven), O Gautama; its fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the...
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Hindu
Prapathaka V, Khanda 6 (1)
'The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light the night, the coals the quarters, the sparks the...
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Hindu
Fourth Vallī (8)
'There is Agni (fire), the all-seeing, hidden in the two fire-sticks, well-guarded like a child (in the womb) by the mother, day after day to be...
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Hindu
Prapathaka V, Khanda 18 (2)
'Of that Vaisvânara Self the head is Sutegas (having good light), the eye Visvarûpa (multiform), the breath Prithagvartman (having various courses),...
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Hindu
Prapathaka V, Khanda 5 (1)
'The altar is Parganya (the god of rain), O Gautama; its fuel is the air itself, the smoke the cloud, the light the lightning, the coals. the...
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Hindu
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,...
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Hindu
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 8 (5-6)
Therefore as they speak of a cow-leader (go-nâya), of a horse-leader (asva-nâya), of a man-leader (purusha-nâya), so they call fire udanyâ, thirst, i....
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Hindu
Second Mundaka, First Khanda (4)
Fire (the sky) is his head, his eyes the sun and the moon, the quarters his ears, his speech the Vedas disclosed, the wind his breath, his heart the...
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Hindu
Prapathaka V, Khanda 7 (2)
'On that altar the Devas (prânas) offer food. From that oblation rises seed.
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Hindu
Prapathaka V, Khanda 8 (2)
'On that altar the Devas (prânas) offer seed, From that oblation rises the germ.
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Hindu
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...
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Hindu
Prapathaka III, Khanda 18 (2)
That Brahman (mind) has four feet (quarters). Speech is one foot, breath is one foot, the eye is one foot, the car is one foot-so much with reference...
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Hindu
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 6 (4)
'That which is the subtile portion of fire, when consumed, rises upwards, and becomes speech.
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Hindu
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 7 (6)
'Thus, my dear son, there was one part of the sixteen parts left to you, and that, lighted up with food, burnt up, and by it you remember now the...
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Hindu
First Mundaka, Second Khanda (2)
When the fire is lighted and the flame flickers, let a man offer his oblations between the two portions of melted butter, as an offering with faith.
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Hindu
Prapathaka VII, Khanda 26 (1)
'To him who sees, perceives, and understands this , the spirit (prâna) springs from the Self, hope springs from the Self, memory springs from the...
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Hindu
Prapathaka III, Khanda 13 (3)
The western gate is the Apâna (down-breathing), that is speech, that is Agni (fire). Let a man meditate on that as glory of countenance and health....
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