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the ujoor ved.
shall transfer the power of speech and that of the sen-
ses to the mind, and the mind to the intellect, and the
intellect to the purified soul, and the soul to the un-
changeable Supreme Being.
Rise up and awake frotn the sleep of ignorance;
and having approached able teachers, acquire know-
ledge of God, the origin of the soul: for the way to the
knowledge of God is considered by wise men difficult
as the passage over the sharp edge of a razor. The
Supreme Being is not organised with the faculties of
hearing, feeling, vision, taste or smell. He is un-
changeable and eternal; without beginning or end;
and is beyond that particle which is the origin of the
intellect : man knowing him thus, is relieved from the
grasp of death, a
A wise man reading to Brahmuns, or hearing from a
teacher, this ancient doctrine imparted to Nuchiketa by
Yumu, is absorbed into God. ■
He who reads this most secret doctrine before an
assemblage of Brahmuns, or at the time of offering ob-
lations to his forefath ers, enjoys innumerable good con-
sequences.
The end of the third Section of the first Chapter
{yd Bullee.)
God has created the senses to be directed towards
external objects ; they consequently are apt to perceive
outward things only, and not the eternal spirit. But
a wise man being desirous of eternal life, withdrawing.
shall transfer the power of speech and that of the sen-
ses to the mind, and the mind to the intellect, and the
intellect to the purified soul, and the soul to the un-
changeable Supreme Being.
Rise up and awake frotn the sleep of ignorance;
and having approached able teachers, acquire know-
ledge of God, the origin of the soul: for the way to the
knowledge of God is considered by wise men difficult
as the passage over the sharp edge of a razor. The
Supreme Being is not organised with the faculties of
hearing, feeling, vision, taste or smell. He is un-
changeable and eternal; without beginning or end;
and is beyond that particle which is the origin of the
intellect : man knowing him thus, is relieved from the
grasp of death, a
A wise man reading to Brahmuns, or hearing from a
teacher, this ancient doctrine imparted to Nuchiketa by
Yumu, is absorbed into God. ■
He who reads this most secret doctrine before an
assemblage of Brahmuns, or at the time of offering ob-
lations to his forefath ers, enjoys innumerable good con-
sequences.
The end of the third Section of the first Chapter
{yd Bullee.)
God has created the senses to be directed towards
external objects ; they consequently are apt to perceive
outward things only, and not the eternal spirit. But
a wise man being desirous of eternal life, withdrawing.