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SIXTH

1. "There is that ancient tree, whose roots grow upward and whose branches grow downward; — that indeed is called the Bright that is called Brahman, that alone is called the Immortal . All worlds are contained in it, and no one goes beyond. This is that. 2. Whatever there is, the whole world, when gone forth (from the Brahman), trembles in its breath . That Brahman is a great terror, like a drawn sword. Those who know it become immortal. 3. From terror of Brahman fire burns, from terror the sun burns, from terror Indra and Vâyu, and Death, as the fifth, run away . 4. If a man could not understand it before the falling asunder of his body, then he has to take body again in the worlds of creation.