Upanishads (Müller) — V, 4

The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01): Khândogya Upanishad... | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com *The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)*, by Max Müller, [1879], at sacred-texts.com ### FOURTH KHA*N**D*A 1 1. 'The altar (on which the sacrifice is supposed to be offered) is that world (heaven), O Gautama; its fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars. 2. 'On that altar the Devas (or prâ*n*as, represented by Agni, &c.) offer the *s*raddha libation (consisting of water). From that oblation rises Soma, the king 2 (the moon). ### Footnotes 78:1 He answers the last question, why water in the fifth libation is called Man, first. 78:2 The sacrificers themselves rise through their oblations to heaven, and attain as their reward a Soma-like nature. Next: V, 5