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The Upanishads, Part 2 (SBE15), by Max Müller, [1879], at sacred-texts.com
FIFTH ANUVÂKA.
He perceived that understanding (vigñâna) was Brahman, for from understanding these beings are born; by understanding, when born, they live; into understanding they enter at their death.
Having perceived this, he went again to his father Varuna, saying--'Sir, teach me Brahman.' He said to him: 'Try to know Brahman by penance, for penance is (the means of knowing) Brahman.'
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He performed penance. Having performed penance--
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