Shvetashvatara Upanishad

One of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of Hinduism

The Shvetashvatara Upanishad is one of the Upanishads.

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  • When one has known God, all the fetters fall off;
by the eradication of the blemishes, birth and death come to an end;
by meditating on him, one obtains, at the dissolution of the body, a third—sovereignty over all;
and in the absolute one's desires are fulfilled.
  • 1.11
  • Like oil in sesame seeds and butter in curds,
like water in the riverbed and fire in the fire-drills,
so, when one seeks it with truth and austerity,
one grasps that self (atman) in the body (atman)—
that all-pervading self,
which is contained [in the body],
like butter in milk.
That is brahman,
the highest object of the teachings on hidden connections (upaniṣad),
an object rooted in austerity and the knowledge of the self.
  • 1.15-16
  • When, by means of the true nature of the self, which resembles a lamp,
a man practicing yogic restraint sees here the true nature of brahman,
he is freed from all fetters, because he has known God, unborn, unchanging, and unsullied by all objects.
  • 2.15
  • This God does pervade all quarters.
He was born the first,
yet he remains within the womb.
He it is, who was born;
he, who will be born.
His face everywhere,
he stands turning west toward men.
  • 2.16
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