Passage 7

In English

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The , who were dear to , did not know any (trick). The body is a (machine), breath is (incantation) and the (mind) is (technique). What is the ? ‘So-Aham’. Their calls and thoughts of ! ! became ‘So-Aham’. They were all along uttering ’s name () even while they were engaged in any work. For them, the whole world was filled with . As we think of ; , , and , these three places come to our memory. Such is the bond between these places and . is the heart. , who resides in , comes to the mouth () as we utter His name. From there playfully enters of good thoughts and joyful feelings. Ever since heralded at , several demons started creating illusions trying to kill Him. Notorious among them were and her brothers and . But was not an ordinary person. He squeezed out ’s life when she offered her breast milk to Him under the pretext of love. He killed other demons when they mingled with the cowherds and tried to kill. Then, became angry and came in the form of a stork to kill the animals. came in time and killed the demon. was a great astrologer. Having seen such incidents taking place at , he advised to shift His abode to . Then the entire group of and reached . It was not, as we imagine, a beautiful place filled with flowers and bowers. It was, in fact, a forest land filled with thick trees and wild animals. The made it habitable. This was three and a half miles away from . Even while these three places were being scorched, had hearty play with them.