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न वा अरे पत्युः कामाय पतिः प्रियो भवति,

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Ref: http://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-brihadaranyaka-upanishad/d/doc117950.html The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya) Hinduism  ...  Contents  ->  Chapter II  ->  Section IV - Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (I) Section IV - Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (I) ‘The Self alone is to be meditated upon’ (I. iv. 7); ‘Of all these, this Self alone should be realised” (Ibid.), for ‘It is dearer than a son’ etc. (I. iv. 8). [1]   In the course of explanation of the above passages already introduced, the aim of knowledge and its relation to that aim have been stated in the sentence. ‘It knew only Itself as, “I am Brahman.” Therefore It became all’ (I. iv. io). Thus it has been mentioned that the inner Self is the domain of knowledge. While that of ignorance is relative existence, which consists of the ends and means of rites with ñve factors, which again depend on the division of men into four castes.; i