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NINE UPNISHADS
the body like the moon, possessing exquisite godly qualities, is
form as well formless, and is
arnrit
(immortality), for it gives
life and vitality to the body.
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6. Just as the spokes are fixed to the nave (centre) of the
wheel of a chariot, so every thing is fixed and established (de-
pends upon) the
prana.
It is through the
prana
and its control
that one enables himself to study the Vedas, viz., Rig, Yaju,
Sam (and Atharv), and it is through it that one can do great
sacrificial deed, or a wise and learned man can display his great
wisdom or a warrior can display his wonderful bravery.
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Prana
(life) ! You move in the womb (on concep-
tion) and are born (along with the body) and are called
praja-
pall
(the master of all the senses, mind and other parts of the
body). You exist in the body being divided into five constitu-
ents,
i.e.,
kinds
(pran, apan, vyan saman
and
udan) ;
all these
parts
of the body offer oblations to you.
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8. Of all the gods (the five senses, mind and other parts of
the
body) you are the strongest and fiercest, and to the fathers