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(Text Sanskrit and Translation from the commentary of Sankaracarya ) * `The dawn is the head of the sacrificial horse`, is somposed for the sake of those who wish to liberate themselves from the world, in order that they many acquire the knowledge, that Brahman and the soul are the same, a knowledge, by which the liberation from the cause of the world is accomplished. This knowledge of Brahman is called upanised because it completely annihilates the world, together with its cause ( ignorance) in such as possess this knowledge : for this is the meaning of the sord Sad, preceded by Upani. A work which treats on the same knowledge, is also caled Upanisad. The above-mentioned Upanisad, which contains six chapters, is called Aranyaka, as being spoken in a desert, and Brhad ( great ) from its extent. ISBN : 81-86050-61-2
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