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indeed, consists of the food-sap (annarasa-maya);in him this is the head, this is the south side (or wing), this the north side, this the self, this the tail, that on which it rests. About it, there is this verse: |
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2. "Out of food are born creatures, all these that are on earth; therefore, through food they have their life. Into this food they enter at last. Food is the oldest of beings; that is why it is called all-healing. They obtain all food who adore Brahman as food. That is why it is called all-healing. Beings originate out of food. Through food, they grow. It eats beings, and beings eat it: that is why it is called food." |
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Different from this one consisting of the food-sap is the inner self (atman) which consists of vital breath (prana-maya). With it this one is filled. This now is the human form, and according to its human formation, it is the human form. In it the in-breath is the head, the intermediate breath the south side, the out-breath the north side, the ether the self, the earth the tail, that on which it rests. About it, there is this verse: |
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3. "According to this vital breath breathe the gods, men and animals. Breath is indeed the life of beings; that is why it is named the all-animating." |
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Who adores Brahman as the breath comes to the full duration of life; That is why he is named the all-animating. Thus he is the embodied self of that one which is before [the self consisting of food]. Different from this one consisting of vital breath is the inner self which consists of mind (manomaya).With it this one is filled. This now is the human form, and according to its human formation, it is the human form. In it, the Yajus is the head, the Rg the south side, the Saman the north side, the directives the self, the Atharva and the Angirasa chants the tail, that on which it rests. About it, there is this verse: |
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4. "Before him words turn back, and so too thought, not reaching him; he who knows the bliss of Brahman dreads nothing, now or ever." |
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