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OPENING THE UPANISHADS
उपनिषदःin the light of Sri Aurobindo

The thirteen / Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad / Adhyāya 3 · Brāhmaṇa 9

BṚHADĀRAṆYAKA UPANISHAD · 3.9.8

कतमे ते त्रयो देवा इति ।
इम एव त्रयो लोकाः ।
एषु हीमे सर्वे देवा इति ।
कतमौ तौ द्वौ देवा इति ।
अन्नं चैव प्राणश् चेति ।
कतमो ऽध्यर्ध इति ।
यो ऽयं पवत इति ॥

katame te trayo devā iti ।
ima eva trayo lokāḥ ।
eṣu hīme sarve devā iti ।
katamau tau dvau devā iti ।
annaṃ caiva prāṇaś ceti ।
katamo ’dhyardha iti ।
yo ’yaṃ pavata iti ॥

He asked: 'Who are the three gods?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These three worlds, for in them all these gods exist.' He asked: 'Who are the two gods?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Food and breath.' He asked: 'Who is the one god and a half?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'He that blows.'

F. Max Müller · The Upanishads, Sacred Books of the East 15 (1884)

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