ELEVENTH KHANDA .

1. The hinkara is mind, the prastava speech, the udgitha sight, the pratihara hearing, the nidhana

breath. That is the Gayatra Saman, as interwoven in the (five) pranas .

2. He who thus knows this Gayatra interwoven in the pranas, keeps his senses, reaches the full life, he lives long , becomes great with children and cattle, great by fame. The rule of him who thus meditates on the Gayatra is, 'Be not high-minded.'

Footnotes

^28:3 After having explained the secret meaning of the whole Sama-veda ceremonial, as it is to be understood by meditation only (dhyana),he proceeds to explain the secret meaning of the same ceremonial, giving to each its proper name in proper succession (gayatra, rathantara, &c.), and showing the hidden purport of those names.

^29:1 Cf. Kh. Up. II, 7, 1, where prana is explained differently. The Gayatri itself is sometimes called prana.

^29:2 The commentator generally takes gyok in the sense of bright.