That fellow of a Kshatriya asked me five questions and I could not answer one of them. The father said: As you have stated these questions to me, let me assure you that I do not know even one of them. If I had known them, why should I not have told them to you?<\/p>\n
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, III – The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana, 5<\/p>\n
Then Gautama went to the king’s place. When he arrived the king showed him proper respect. Next morning, when the king came to the assembly, Gautama, too, came there. The king said to him: Gautama, Sir, ask of me a boon relating to human wealth. He replied: May human wealth remain with you. Tell me that speech which you addressed to my boy. The king became sad.<\/p>\n
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, III – The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana, 6<\/p>\n
The king commanded him: Stay with me for a long time. Then he said to him: As to what you have told me, O Gautama, this knowledge did not reach any brahmin before you. Thus it was to the kshatriya alone, among all the people, that the teaching of this knowledge belonged. Then he began to teach him:<\/p>\n
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, III – The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana, 7<\/p>\n
Yonder world is the sacrificial fire, O Gautama, the sun the fuel, the rays the smoke, daytime the flame, the moon the embers and the stars the sparks.<\/p>\n
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, IV – The Five Fires (I), 1<\/p>\n
In this fire the gods offer faith as libation. Out of that offering King Moon is born.<\/p>\n
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, IV – The Five Fires (I), 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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