Brihadaranyaka Upanishad | Part III. Ch III. Yajnavalkya and Bhujyu

He who knows this, as stated above, conquers further death.

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

The Upanishads

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1. Next Bhujyu, the grandson of Lahya, questioned him. "Yajnavalkya," said he, "we were travelling in the country of Madra as religious students, when we came to the house of Patanchala, of the line of Kapi. His daughter was possessed by a gandharva. We asked him: 'Who are you?' He said: 'I am Sudhanvan, of the line of Angiras.' While asking him about the limits of the world, we said: 'Where were the descendants of Parikshit?' And likewise I ask you, Yajnavalkya, where were the descendants of Parikshit? Tell me, where were the descendants of Parikshit?"

2. Yajnavalkya said: "The gandharva, I suppose, told you that they went where those who perform the Horse-sacrifice go." "And where do they go who have performed the Horse- sacrifice?" "Thirty-two times the space traversed by the sun's chariot in a day makes this plane (loka); around it, covering twice the area, is the world (prithivi); around the world, covering twice the area, is the ocean. Now, as is the edge of a razor or the wing of a fly, so is there just that much space between the two halves of the cosmic shell. Through that opening they go out. "Fire, in the form of a falcon, delivered them to Vayu. Vayu, placing them in itself, took them where previous performers of the Horse-sacrifice were." Thus did the gandharva praise Vayu. Therefore Vayu alone is the aggregate of all individuals. He who knows this, as stated above, conquers further death. Thereupon Bhujyu, the grandson of Lahya, held his peace.

1. The Upanishads translated by Swami Nikhilananda
   

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