The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran

Author:Eknath Easwaran
Language: epo
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Nilgiri Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

QUESTiON VI

1 Then Sukesha approached the sage and said:

“Master, the prince of Kosala asked me

This question once: ‘Sukesha, do you know the Self

With his sixteen forms?’ ‘I don’t,’ I replied.

‘If I did, I would certainly tell you;

For he who speaks an untruth perishes

Like a tree without roots.’ The prince mounted

His chariot and went away silent.

Now may I ask you, where is that Self?”

2 The sage replied: “Within this body dwells

The Self with his sixteen forms, gentle friend.

3 The Self asked himself, ‘What is it that makes

Me go if it goes and stay if it stays?’

4 So he created prana, and from it

Desire; and from desire he made space, air,

Fire, water, the earth, the senses, the mind,

And food; from food came strength, austerity,

The scriptures, sacrifice, and all the worlds;

And everything was given name and form.

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