Vedic Verses for 11/3/13 -------------------------------------------------- His father said to him: Just as, my dear, of a great blazing fire a single coal, the size of a firefly, may be left, which would not burn much more than that, even so, my dear, of your sixteen parts only one part is left; and therefore with that one part you do not remember the Vedas. Now go and eat and you will understand me. ~~ Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VI, VII - How the Mind consists of Food, 3 Svetaketu ate and approached his father. Then whatever his father asked him, he showed that he knew it. ~~ Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VI, VII - How the Mind consists of Food, 4 Then his father said to him: Just as, my dear, of a great lighted fire a single coal the size of a firefly, if left, may be made to blaze up again by adding grass to it and will thus burn much more, Even so, my dear; of your sixteen parts only one part was left and that, when strengthened by food, blazed up. With it you now remember the Vedas. Therefore, my dear, the mind consists of food, the prana consists of water and speech consists of fire. After that he understood what his father said, yea, he understood it. ~~ Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VI, VII - How the Mind consists of Food, 5-6
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