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of a serpent. Then, by virtue of meeting king Yudhish-
thira of thine own race, thou shalt, leaving the form of
the serpent, again reach heaven." Therefore the knowledge
of Self should be accepted with faith. The Lord (Bh. G.,
9-3) says:
Men without faith, not receiving this Dharma,
O Parantapa, reach me not; they return to the paths of this
mortal world." In the Aitareyaka (2-1-1) also we find :
"This is the path, this is action, this is Brahman, this is
Truth. Let no man swerve from it, let no man transgress
it. For the ancients did not transgress it, and those
who transgressed it became lost." This has been
declared by a Rishi (Rigveda, 8-101-14) "Three classes
of people transgressed, others settled down round about
the venerable Agni, the great sun stood in the midst
of the worlds, the blowing Vayu entered the Harits (the
dawns or the ends of the earth.) When he says: "three
classes of people transgressed," the three classes of people
who transgressed are what we see here (on earth, born
again) as birds, trees, herbs and serpents." (The third)
Mantra of the Is. Up. (3) censures the ignorant thus :
"There are the worlds of Asuras covered with blind
darkness. Those who have destroyed their Self, go after
death to those worlds." The Tai. Up. (2-6) says: "He
who knows Brahman as non-existing, becomes himself
non-existing." In the Sakuntalopakhyana (Adi parva 74)
also we find: "What sin is not committed by that thief
who deprives himself of his Self, by thinking that the self
that is one is diversified ?" Now, we have said enough.
VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
For reciting the thousand names there is laid down a
suitable mental bath. The Mahabharata says: "That is
Manasa Tirtha; or mental bath by bathing wherein the
Děvas and the Vedas attain purity, perfection and oneness;
and having bathed therein one attains immortality. He
who bathes in the mental river, in the depth of knowledge
and in the waters of meditation that remove the dirt of
desire and hatred, attains the Supreme State. The Atman
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of a serpent. Then, by virtue of meeting king Yudhish-
thira of thine own race, thou shalt, leaving the form of
the serpent, again reach heaven." Therefore the knowledge
of Self should be accepted with faith. The Lord (Bh. G.,
9-3) says:
Men without faith, not receiving this Dharma,
O Parantapa, reach me not; they return to the paths of this
mortal world." In the Aitareyaka (2-1-1) also we find :
"This is the path, this is action, this is Brahman, this is
Truth. Let no man swerve from it, let no man transgress
it. For the ancients did not transgress it, and those
who transgressed it became lost." This has been
declared by a Rishi (Rigveda, 8-101-14) "Three classes
of people transgressed, others settled down round about
the venerable Agni, the great sun stood in the midst
of the worlds, the blowing Vayu entered the Harits (the
dawns or the ends of the earth.) When he says: "three
classes of people transgressed," the three classes of people
who transgressed are what we see here (on earth, born
again) as birds, trees, herbs and serpents." (The third)
Mantra of the Is. Up. (3) censures the ignorant thus :
"There are the worlds of Asuras covered with blind
darkness. Those who have destroyed their Self, go after
death to those worlds." The Tai. Up. (2-6) says: "He
who knows Brahman as non-existing, becomes himself
non-existing." In the Sakuntalopakhyana (Adi parva 74)
also we find: "What sin is not committed by that thief
who deprives himself of his Self, by thinking that the self
that is one is diversified ?" Now, we have said enough.
VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
For reciting the thousand names there is laid down a
suitable mental bath. The Mahabharata says: "That is
Manasa Tirtha; or mental bath by bathing wherein the
Děvas and the Vedas attain purity, perfection and oneness;
and having bathed therein one attains immortality. He
who bathes in the mental river, in the depth of knowledge
and in the waters of meditation that remove the dirt of
desire and hatred, attains the Supreme State. The Atman