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By Jayaram V
Chapter 2
1. Indeed in a person this one first becomes an embryo.
That which is called semen is a culmination of the vigor coming
from the limbs of the body. In the self only one bears the self.
By shedding it into a female, he gives birth to it. This is the
first birth.
2. It enters into the self of the female, as if it is a limb
of her. Therefore it does not cause her any harm. She nourishes
this self of his that has come into her.
3. She is the one who nourishes, so should she be nourished.
She bears him in her womb. Before the birth he nourishes the child,
so does he after his birth. He thus nourishes his own self, for
the continuation of the worlds. The worlds are sustained in this
manner only. This is the second birth.
4. He who is thus born of his own self, becomes the substitute
for performing the deeds. After completing his works, he departs.
Departing thus he is born again. This is his third birth. This what
the seers said.
5. "While I was in the womb, I knew all the births of the gods.
A hundred walls made of steel, protected me. I burst out of them
with the speed of a hawk," Vamadeva spoke this verse while
lying in the womb.
6. He who knows all this, when the body is dissolved, travels
heavenward and enjoys al the heavenly desires. He becomes immortal,
yes immortal.
Chapter 3
1. "Who is he whom we all worship as the self ?" He by whom one
sees, one hears, one smells the various odors, one is able to speak,
one is able to distinguish the tasty from the tasteless.
2. That which is the heart, the mind, it is consciousness, perception,
discrimination, intelligence, mental brilliance, vision, determination,
thought power, thoughtfulness, impulse, memory, decision, goal,
life, desire, control. All these are the different names of intelligence
only.
3. He is Brahma, he is Indra, he is Prajapati. He is all these
gods. He is the five elements, namely the earth, air, ether, water
and light, a combination of which forms into seeds of different
kinds, the ones born out of eggs, the ones born out of wombs, the
ones born from sweat, the ones born from sprouts, horses, cows,
people, and elephants, all the creatures that breath here, moving,
flying or stationary. All this is led by intelligence. The world
is led by intelligence, is established in intelligence. The world
is led by intelligence. The support is intelligence. Brahman is
intelligence.
4. He with this intelligent self soared upward from this world
and having enjoyed all the desires in that heavenly world became
immortal. Yes he became immortal.
The End
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