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'Those who know this (even though they still be grihasthas, householders) and those who in the forest follow faith an…
'He leads them to Brahman (the conditioned Brahman). This is the path of the Devas.
'But they who living in a village practise (a life of) sacrifices, works of public utility, and alms, they go to the …
'From the months they go to the world of the fathers, from the world of the fathers to the ether, from the ether to t…
'Having dwelt there, till their (good) works are consumed, they return again that way as they came, to the ether, fro…
'Having become mist, he becomes a cloud, having become a cloud, he rains down. Then he is born as rice and corn, herb…
'Those whose conduct has been good, will quickly attain some good birth, the birth of a Brâhmana, or a Kshatriya, or …
'On neither of these two ways those small creatures (flies, worms, &c.) are continually returning of whom it may be s…
'A man who steals gold, who drinks spirits, who dishonours his Guru's bed, who kills a Brahman, these four fall, and …
'But he who thus knows the five fires is not defiled by sin even though he associates with them. He who knows this, i…