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Then Bhârgava Vaidarbhi asked him: "Sir, How many gods keep what has thus been created, how many manifest this, and w…
He replied: "The ether is that god, the wind, fire, water, earth, speech, mind, eye, and ear. These, when they have m…
Then Prâna (breath, spirit, life), as the best, said to them: Be not deceived, I alone, dividing myself fivefold, sup…
They were incredulous; so he, from pride, did as if he were going out from above. Thereupon, as he went out, all the …
He is Agni (fire), he shines as Sûrya (sun), he is Parganya (rain), the powerful (Indra), he is Vâyu (wind), he is th…
As spokes in the nave of a wheel, everything is fixed in Prâna, the verses of the Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, Sâma-veda, th…
As Pragâpati (lord of creatures) thou movest about in the womb, thou indeed art born again. To thee, the Prâna, these…
Thou art the best carrier for the Gods, thou art the first offering to the Fathers. Thou art the true work of the Ris…
O Prâna, thou art Indra by thy light, thou art Rudra, as a protector; thou movest in the sky, thou art the sun, the l…
When thou showerest down rain, then, O Prâna, these creatures of thine are delighted, hoping that there will be food,…
Thou art a Vrâtya, O Prâna, the only Rishi, the consumer of everything, the good lord. We are the givers of what thou…
Make propitious that body of thine which dwells in speech, in the ear, in the eye, and which pervades the mind; do no…
All this is in the power of Prâna, whatever exists in the three heavens. Protect us like a mother her sons, and give …