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AITEREYA UPNISHAD
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11. The spirit thought : "How will this physical body
remain without me?" And he thought : "By what way shall
I enter it". He then thought ; "If speech is by the tongue, if
smelling-(or breathing) is by the nose, if sight is by the eyes, if
hearing is by the ears, if touching is by the skin, if thought is
by tlie mind, and, if discharge of semen is by the organ of plea-
sure, then who am I" (it means life of sensual pleasures is
useless).
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12. The spirit breaking through flag joint of the head en-
tered the body through this door. This door (known as
brahm
randhra)
is called
vidriti,
and this verily is place of pleasure
(delight). The spirit entering the body has three abodes and
and these are his stages of rest (awaking, dreaming and sleeping
soundly). His abode is first in the semen; this abode is secon-
dly in the womb (on conception) and this abode is thirdly in
the re-birth (after death). (The spirit of a Yogi comes through
brahmrandhra).
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13. The spirit, after his birth, saw nature and its creations.
What else should he speak or reason in this material world ?
Then he beheld
Brahm
(The Supreme Spirit) pervading in this