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46 46 taittiriyaka-upanishad.

Second Anuvaka. i. Om 1 ! Let us explain .Stksha, the doctrine of pronunciation, viz. letter, accent, quantity, effort (in the formation of letters), modulation, and union of letters (sandhi). This is the lecture on .Slkshd.

Third Anuvaka.

i. May glory come to both of us (teacher and pupil) together ! May Vedic light belong to both of us !

Now let us explain the Upanishad j(the^ secret meanijag) of the union (sawhita) 2, under five heads, with regard to the wo rlds, the heavenly l ights, know- ledge, o ffspring, and self ( body). People call these the great Sawhitds. / First, with regard to the worlds. The e arth is

Ahejoi^jief-^lem^ the latter, ether their

Vunion ;

2. That union takes place through VAyu (air). So much with regard to the worlds. ^ ""

Next, with regard to the heavenly lights. Agn i ( fire) is the former ^ element, Aditya (the sun) the latter, water their un ion. That union takes place through lightning. So much with regard to the heavenly lights.

j Next, with regard to knowledge. T he teache r is

) the former element,

3. The pupil the la tter, knowledge jth eip-tmion.

(That union takes place through the reqitaiian of the Veda. So much with regard to knowledge.

Next, with regard to offspring. The mother is

1 Cf. Rig-veda-pratuakhya, ed. M. M., p. iv seq.

2 Cf. Aitareya-ara#yaka III, 1, 1 (Sacred Books, vol. i, p. 247),

Digitized by VjOOQ 1C