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49 I VALLi, 6 ANUVAKA, 2. 49

Bhti is the i?^-verses, Bhuvas is the S&man-verses, Suvas is the Ya^us-verses.

3. Mahas is Brah man. All the Vedas are increased by the Brahman.

(1-2) Bhti is Pr£#a (up-breathing), Bhuvas is Apina (down-breathing), Suvas is VyAna (back- breathing). Mahas is food. All breathings are increased by food.

Thus there are these four times four, the four and four sacred interjections. He who knows these,

(i-2)l_Khqws the Brahman. All Devas bring offerings to him.

Sixth Anuvaka.

1. There is the eth er within the heart, and in it there is the Person (purusha) consisting of mind, immortaCgsiden.

Between the two palates there hangs the uvula, like a nipple — that is the starting-point of Indra (the lord) 1. Where the root of the hair divides, there he opens the two sides of the head, and saying Bhti, he enters Agni (the fire); saying Bhuvas, he enters V&yu (air) ;

2. Saying Suvas, he enters Aditya (sun) ; saying Mahas, he enters Brahman. He there obtains lord- ship, he reaches the lord of the mind. He becomes lord of speech, lord of sight, lord of hearing, lord of knowledge. Nay, more than this. There is the Brahman whose body is ether, whose nature is true, rejoicing in the senses (pr£#a), delighted in the mind, perfect in peace, and immortal.

(1) Worship thus, O Pr&fctnayogya !

1 Cf. I, 4, 1.

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