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of a good) father, mother, and teacher might tell, so did Vidagdha .S&kalya tell you that the heart is Brahman ; for what is the use of a person without a heart ? But did he tell you the body and the resting- place of that Brahman ?'

Ganaka Vaideha said : ' He did not tell me/

Y&£*#avalkya said : ' Your Majesty, this (Brahman) stands on one leg only/

kanaka Vaideha said: 'Then tell me, Y&£*#avalkya/

Yd^wavalkya said : ' The heart itself is its body, ether its place, and we should worship it as certainty (sthiti)/

kanaka Vaideha said : * What is the nature of certainty ? '

Y&£$avalkya replied : ' Your Majesty, the heart itself; for the heart indeed, O King, is the body of all things, the heart is the resting-place of all things, for in the heart, O King, all things rest. The heart indeed, O King, is the Highest Brahman. The heart does not desert him who worships that (Brah- man) with such knowledge, all creatures approach him, and having become a god, he goes to the gods/

(kanaka Vaideha said: 'I shall give you (for this) a thousand cows with a bull as big as an elephant/

Yi^avalkya said : ' My father was of opinion that one should not accept a reward without having fully instructed a pupil/

Second Brahmawa,

1. Ganaka Vaideha, descending from his throne, said: ' I bow to you, O Y£^#avalkya, teach me/

Ya^avalkya said : ' Your Majesty, as a man who wishes to make a long journey, would furnish him- self with a chariot or a ship, thus is your mind well

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