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He who knows the oldest and the best becomes himself the oldest and the best. Breath indeed is the oldest and the best.
He who knows the richest, becomes himself the richest. Speech indeed is the richest.
He who knows the firm rest, becomes himself firm in this world and in the next. The eye indeed is the firm rest.
He who knows success, his wishes succeed, both his divine and human wishes. The ear indeed is success.
He who knows the home, becomes a home of his people. The mind indeed is the home.
The five senses quarrelled together, who was the best, saying, I am better, I am better.
They went to their father Pragâpati and said: 'Sir, who is the best of us?' He replied: 'He by whose departure the bo…
The tongue (speech) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to l…
The eye (sight) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live …
The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to liv…
The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without…
The breath, when on the point of departing, tore up the other senses, as a horse, going to start, might tear up the p…
Then the tongue said to him: 'If I am the richest, thou art the richest.' The eye said to him: 'If I am the firm rest…
The ear said to him: 'If I am success, thou art success.' The mind said to him: 'If I am the home, thou art the home.'
And people do not call them, the tongues, the eyes, the ears, the minds, but the breaths (prâna, the senses). For bre…