116. 'There are a hundred and one arteries of the heart , one of them penetrates the crown of the head . Moving upwards by it, a man (at his death) reaches the Immortal ; the other arteries serve for departing in different directions.'

17. 'The Person not larger than a thumb, the inner Self, is always settled in the heart of men . Let a man draw that Self forth from his body with steadiness,

as one draws the pith from a reed . Let him know that Self as the Bright, as the Immortal; yes, as the Bright, as the Immortal .'

18. Having received this knowledge taught by Death and the whole rule of Yoga (meditation), became free from passion and death, and obtained Brahman. Thus it will be with another also who knows thus what relates to the Self.

19. May He protect us both! May He enjoy us both! May we acquire Strength together! May our knowledge become bright! May we never quarrel ! Om! Peace! peace! peace! Harih, Om!

Footnotes

^21:1 The fig-tree which sends down its branches so that they strike root and form new stems, one tree growing into a complete forest.

^21:2 Cf. Bhag. Gita XV, 1-3.

^21:3 Cf. V, 8.

^21:4 The commentator says that the tree is the world, and its root is Brahman, but there is nothing to support this view in the original, where tree, roots, and branches are taken together as representing the Brahman in its various manifestations.

^21:5 According to the commentator, in the highest Brahman.

^21:6 Cf. Taitt. Up. II, 8, 1.

^21:7 The commentator translates: 'If a man is able to understand (Brahman), then even before the decay of his body, he is liberated. If he is not able to understand it, then he has to take body again in the created worlds.' I doubt whether it is possible to supply so much, and should prefer to read iha ken nasakad, though I find it difficult to explain how so simple a text should have been misunderstood and corrupted.

^22:1 Roer: 'As in a picture and in the sunshine!

^22:2 They arise from the elements, ether, &c.

^22:3 Buddhi or intellect, cf. III, 10.

^22:4 Much better in Svet. Up. IV, 20: 'Those who know him by the heart as being in the heart, and by the mind, are immortal.'

^22:5 Sankara explains apyaya by apaya.

^23:1 Ignorance, passion, &c. Cf. Mund. Up. II, 11, 10; II, 2, 9.

^23:2 The teaching of the Vedanta extends so far and no farther. (Cf. Prasna Up. VI, 7.) What follows has reference, according to the commentator, not to him who knows the highest Brahman, for he becomes Brahman at once and migrates no more; but to him who does not know the highest Brahman fully, and therefore migrates to the Brahmaloka, receiving there the reward for his partial knowledge and for his good works.

^23:3 Cf. Khand. Up. VIII, 6, 6.

^23:4 It passes out by the head.