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Behold this
exposition of the Bliss to which ye shall hearken. Let there be a
young man, excellent and lovely in his youth, a great student; let
him have fair manners and a most firm heart and great strength of
body, and let all this wide earth be full of wealth for his
enjoying. That is the measure of bliss of one human being. Now a
hundred and a hundred-fold of the human measure of bliss, is one
bliss of men that have become angels in heaven. And this is the
bliss of the Veda wise whose soul the blight of desire not
touches. A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of angelic
bliss is one bliss of Gods that are angels in heaven. And this is
the bliss of the Veda wise whose soul the blight of desire not
touches. A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of divine
angelic bliss is one bliss of the Fathers whose world of heaven is
their world for ever. And this is the bliss of the Veda wise whose
soul the blight of desire not touches. A hundred and a
hundred-fold of this measure of bliss of the Fathers whose worlds
are for ever, is one bliss of the Gods who are born as Gods in
heaven. And this is the bliss of the Veda wise whose soul the
blight of desire not touches. A hundred and a hundred-fold of this
measure of bliss of the firstborn in heaven, is one bliss of the
Gods of work who are Gods, for by the strength of their deeds they
depart and are Gods in heaven. And this is the bliss of the
Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not touches. A hundred
and a hundred-fold of this measure of bliss of the Gods of work,
is one bliss of the great Gods who are Gods forever. And this is
the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not
touches. A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of divine
bliss, is one bliss of Indra, the King in Heaven. And this is the
bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not touches.
A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of Indra's bliss is
one bliss of Brhaspati, who taught the Gods in heaven. And this is
the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not
touches. A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure of
Brhaspati's bliss, is one bliss of Prajapati, the Almighty Father.
And this is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of
desire not touches. A hundred and a hundred-fold of this measure
of Prajapati's bliss, is one bliss of the Eternal Spirit. And this
is the bliss of the Vedawise whose soul the blight of desire not
touches.
The Spirit who is here in a man and
the Spirit who is there in the Sun, it is one Spirit and there is
no other. He who knows this, when he hath gone away from this
world, passes to this Self which is of food; he passes to this
Self which is of Prāņa; he passes to this Self which is of Mind;
he passes to this Self which is of Knowledge; he passes to this
Self which is of Bliss. Whereof this is the Scripture.
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