^305:1 The commentator describes the sixth and seventh chapters as Khila, supplementary, and does not think that they are closely connected with the chief object of the Upanishad. This chief object was to show that there is only one thinking Self (kidatma) to be known, and that the same is to be meditated on as manifested in the different forms of Rudra, Brahma, Vishnu, &c. Thus the highest object of those who wish for final liberation has been explained before, as well as the proper means of obtaining that liberation. What follows are statements of the greatness of the various manifestations of the Atman, and advice how to worship them. My MS. gives the beginning of the sixth Prapathaka, but ends with the end of the eighth paragraph. The verses in paragraph 34, as mentioned before, are given in my MS. at the end of the fourth Prapathaka. My translation deviates considerably from the commentary. The text is obscure and not always correct. My rule has been throughout to begin a new sentence with evam hy aha, 'for thus it is said,' which introduces proofs of what has been said before. The passages thus quoted as proofs from the Veda are often difficult to understand, nor do they always consist of a complete sentence. My translation therefore is often purely tentative.

^305:2 M. reads dvitiya for dvidha.

^305:3 M. reads dvau va etav asya pankadha namantar bahis kahoratre tau vyavartete.

^305:4 While the sun goes round Meru in a day and a night, the breath performs 21,000 breathings, or, more exactly, 21,600. M. reads bahiratmagatya.

^305:5 M. reads adhyaksha, not akshadhyaksha.

^306:1 M. reads sa esho 'ntah pushkare hritpushkare vasrito.

^306:2 The commentator ascribes the dialogue still to the Valakhilyas and Pragapati Kratu.

^306:3 M. reads dalasamstha asur vagnih parata etaih pranadityav eta.

^306:4 See Brih. Up. II, 3, 1.

^306:5 Professor Cowell, after giving the various readings of his MSS., says, 'the true reading would seem to be yat satyam tad brahma, yad brahma tag gyotir, yad gyotis sa adityah.' This is exactly the reading of my own MS.

^307:1 M. reads kaivasminn ity evam hyaha.

^307:2 The mystic syllable Om.

^307:3 See Khandogyopanishad I, 5; Maitr. Up. VI, 25.

^307:4 M. reads namarupam.

^307:5 The three feet of the prana are waking, slumber, and deep sleep; the three feet of the sun, the three worlds, bhuh, bhuvah, svar, as in VII, 11. See also Khand. Up. III, 12.

^307:6 Cf. Kath. Up. VI, 1.

^307:7 Asvattha, lit. fig-tree, then frequently used metaphorically as a name of the world. Here explained as, it will not stand till to-morrow.'

^308:1 Kath. Up. II, 16.

^308:2 M. reads tanur yom iti.

^308:3 The fires on the three altars.

^308:4 Prasna Up. V, 2.

^308:5 M. reads atha vyattam.