1 3 2 B&/IIADARAJVYAKA-UPANISH AD.
Seventh Brahma^a 1 .
i. Then Udd&laka Ariwi 2 asked. ' YS^avalkya/ he said, ' we dwelt among the Madras in the houses of Pata^ala Kipya, studying the sacrifice. His wife was possessed of a Gandharva, and we asked him : " Who art thou ?" He answered : " I am Kabandha Atharva^a." And he said to Pata^ala Kdpya and to (us) students : " Dost thou know, Kdpya, that thread by which this world and the other world, and all beings are strung together ?" And Pata^ala Kdpya replied : " I do not know it, Sir/' He said again to Pata#£ala K&pya and to (us) students: " Dost thou know, Kdpya, that puller (ruler) within (antary&min), who within pulls (rules) this world and the other world and all beings?" And Pata#£ala Kipya replied : " I do not know it, Sir." He said again to Pata#£ala K&pya . and to (us) students : 7 " He, O K&pya, who knows that thread and him who -^ pulls (it) within, he knows Brahman, he knows the worlds, he knows the Devas, he knows the Vedas, he knows the Bh&tas (creatures), he knows the Self, he knows everything.^ Thus did he (the Gandharva) say to them, and I know it. If thou, O Ydf^avalkya, without knowing that string and the puller within, drivest away those Brahma-cows (the cows offered as a prize to him who best knows Brahman), thy head will fall off/
Y&£$avalkya said : ' O Gautama, I believe I know that thread and the puller within/
1 M&dhyandina text, p. 1072.
a Afterwards addressed as Gautama; see before, p. 1, note.
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