"These seeds, almost infinitesimal."

66 Break one of them."

The father said: "My son, that subtile essence which you do not perceive there, of that very essence this great Nyagrodha tree

exists.

"Believe it, my son.

That which is the

subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it."

The wise, when he knows that that by which he perceives all objects in sleep or in waking is the great omnipresent Self, grieves

no more.

LIV. Now that golden person, who is seen within the sun, with golden beard and golden hair, golden altogether to the very tips of his nails, Him they see in this earth, in heaven, in the air, in the ether, in the water, in herbs, in trees, in the moon, in the stars, in all beings. Him alone they call Brahman.

And the ether which is around us is the

same as the ether which is within us. And the ether which is within us, that is the ether within the heart. That ether within the heart (as Brahman) is omnipresent and unchanging. He who knows this obtains omnipresent and unchangeable happiness.

Now that light which shines above this heaven, higher than all, higher than everything, in the highest world, beyond which there are no other worlds, that is the same light which is within man.

Those who belong to us, whether living or departed, and whatever else there is which we wish for and do not obtain, all that we find there (if we descend into our heart, where Brahman dwells, in the ether of the heart).

Let him know that the person within all beings, not heard here, not reached, not thought, not subdued, not seen, not understood, not classed, but hearing, thinking, seeing, classing, sounding, understanding, knowing, is his Self.

LV. The wise who, by means of meditation

on his Self, recognizes the Ancient, who is difficult to be seen, who has entered into the dark, who is hidden in the cave, who dwells in the abyss, as God, he indeed leaves joy and sorrow far behind.

And indeed to him who thus knows this Brahma-upanishad (the secret doctrine of the Veda) the sun does not rise and does not set. For him there is day, once and for all.

The teacher said: Friend, you shine like one who knows Brahman.

There is one ruler, the Self within all things, who makes the one form manifold. The wise who perceive him within their Self, to them belongs eternal happiness, not to others.

He, the highest Person, who is awake in us while we are asleep, shaping one lovely sight after another, that indeed is the Bright, that is Brahman, that alone is called the Immortal. All worlds are contained in it, and

no one goes beyond.

He who knows that highest Brahman, be

comes even Brahman. In his race no one is born ignorant of Brahman. He overcomes grief, he overcomes evil; free from the fetters of the heart, he becomes immortal.

He who is this (Brahman) in man, and he who is that (Brahman) in the sun, both are

one.

Adoration to the Highest Self. Hari, Om! Verily, in the beginning all this was Self, one only; there was nothing else living what

soever.

He thought: Shall I send forth worlds?
He sent forth these worlds.

LVI. The True God is to all beings as honey, to Him all beings are as honey. That immortal, glorious person abideth in all truth, is holy and intelligent, is full of light and reality. He is the God for all the Soul of all. He is the Immortal, He is the Brahma.

I think not I have known God, nor think I that I do not know God. He who thinks he knoweth not God, and yet thinks he knoweth God, hath truly known Him.

God revealeth Himself in all things as the Life of all. The wise man sayeth nought in forgetfulness of Him. The wise man disporteth in Him, enjoyeth in Him, and is full of good deeds. He is chief among the worshippers of God.

In the abode of heaven, O Death, there is no fear, neither art thou there, nor the fear of disease. Living beyond both hunger and thirst, the soul is delivered from sorrow, and liveth joyfully in heaven.

The great, vast Being is the Lord of All and the dispenser of all hearts. This glorious, wise, eternal God doth dispense all pure, immaculate conditions of life.

LVII. O son of Prithâ! now hear how you can without doubt know Me fully, fixing your mind on Me, and resting in Me, and practising devotion. Among thousands of men, only some work for perfection; and even of those who have reached perfection, and who are assiduous, only some know Me truly. Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, understanding, and egoism, thus is My nature divided eightfold. Know that all