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NINE UPANISHADS
and this bliss is the same as that of one learned in Vedas who
has won over all desires. Again a hundredfold bliss of
gandha-
?ma
is the one bliss of devgandharvas (wise saints), and this
bliss is the same as that of one learned in Vedas, who has wone
over all deires. And, a hundredfold bliss of a
davgandharna
is the one bliss of
pitras
(great learned men who are devoted
to God since long), and this is the bliss of one learned in Vedas,
whom desires do not touch. And, a hundredfold bliss of
pitra
is the one bliss of those
devas
(learned persons) who are born
intellectuals, and this is the bliss of one learned in Vedas whose
soul does not touch any desire. Again, a hundred-fold bliss of
such a
deva
(born intellectual) is the one bliss of
karm yogis
(gods of self-less work or action for the good of all beings),
and this is the bliss of one learned in Vedas (Vedawise), whose
soul does not touch any desire. A hundredfold of this measure
of bliss of the gods of work is one bliss of the devas (learned
saints) who are born
devas
and this is the bliss of the Vedawise,
whose soul is not attracted by any desire. A hundredfold of
this measure of bliss of such
devas
is one bliss of
Indra,
the Lord
of
devas,
and this is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul is not
swayed by any desire. A hundredfold of this measure of bliss
of such god (Indra), is one bliss of brihaspati (the great god of
speech), and this is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul is not
swayed by any desire. A hundredfold of this measure of
brihaspati's
bliss is the of
projapati
(the greatest of all learned
spiritualist), and this is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul is
not moved by any desire. A hundredfold of this measure
of prajapati's bliss is the one bliss of the Supreme Spirit and
this is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul is not led astray by
any desire.