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NINE UPNISRADS
SECOND CHAPTER
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1. Then (after hearing the answer to the first question)
Vai-
darbhi
(born of Bhrigu family) asked Pipplad Rishi: "0 Lord 1
How many gods (senses possessed of divine qualities) hold
this
physical body and how many illumine it, and which of them
is
the
greatest ?"
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2. Pipplad Rishi then, in answer to Vaidarbhi's
question,
said: "The ether, air, fire (heat), water and solid earthy
matter,
these
five
bhutas (five
material substances constituting
this phy-
sical
world) as well as the tongue, mind eye and ear
all
these are
gods (being possessed of divine qualities; they, illumining
the
body, said in
vanity,
'We all hold, support and
preserve the
body'.
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