the brooding heat[1] (for he was born before the water), who, entering into the heart, abides therein, and was
perceived from the elements. This is that.
7. (He who knows) Aditi also, who is one with all deities, who arises with Prâna (breath or Hiranyagarbha), who, entering into the heart, abides therein, and was born from the elements. This is that.
8. There is Agni (fire), the all-seeing, hidden in the two fire-sticks, well-guarded like a child (in the womb) by the mother, day after day to be adored by men when they awake and bring oblations. This is that.
9. And that whence the sun rises, and whither it goes to set, there all the Devas are contained, and no one goes beyond. This is that[2].
10. What is here (visible in the world), the same is there (invisible in Brahman); and what is there, the same is here. He who sees any difference here (between Brahman and the world), goes from death to death.
11. Even by the mind this (Brahman) is to be obtained, and then there is no difference whatsoever. He goes from death to death who sees any difference here.
12. The person (purusha), of the size of a thumb[3], stands in the middle of the Self (body ?), as lord of the past and the future, and henceforward fears no more. This is that.
13. That person, of the size of a thumb, is like a light without smoke, lord of the past and the future, he is the same to-day and to-morrow. This is that.
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