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The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15), by Max Müller, [1879], at sacred-texts.com


p. 65

THIRD ANUVÂKA.

He perceived that breath 1 is Brahman, for from breath these beings are born; by breath, when born, they live; into breath they enter at their death.

Having perceived this, he went again to his father Varuna, saying: 'Sir, teach me Brahman.' He said to him: 'Try to know Brahman by penance, for penance is (the means of knowing) Brahman.'

He performed penance. Having performed penance--


Footnotes

65:1 Or life; see Brih. Âr. Up. IV, 1, 3.


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