Upanishads (Müller) — V, 5

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 ### FIFTH KHA*N**D*A. 1. 'The altar is Par*g*anya (the god of rain), O Gautama; its fuel is the air itself, the smoke the cloud, the light the lightning, the coals. the thunderbolt, the sparks the thunderings 3. 2. 'On that altar the Devas offer Soma, the king (the moon). From that oblation rises rain 1. ### Footnotes 78:3 Hrâduni, generally explained by hail, but here by stanayitnu*s*abdâ*h*, rumblings. 79:1 The water, which had assumed the nature of Soma, now becomes rain. Next: V, 6