Therefore, O ye seasons, grant that I may attain immortality, i.e.,
knowledge of Brahman. By this my true saying, by this my toil, beginning
with the dwelling in the moon and ending with my birth on earth, I am
like a season, and the child of the seasons.' 'Who art thou?' the sage
asks again. 'I am thou,' he replies. Then he sets him free to proceed
onward.
"He, at the time of death, having reached the path of the gods, comes to
the world of Agni, or fire, to the world of Vayu, or air, to the world
of Varuna, to the world of Indra, to the world of Pragapati, to the
world of Brahman. In that world there is the lake Ara, the moments
called Yeshtiha, the river Vigara, i.e., age-less, the tree Ilya, the
city Salagya, the palace Aparagita, i.e., unconquerable, the
door-keepers Indra and Pragapati, the hall of Brahman, called Vibhu
(built by vibhu, egoism), the throne Vikakshana, i.e., perception, the
couch Amitaugas or endless splendor, and the beloved Manasi, i.e., mind,
and her image Kakshushi, the eye, who, as if taking flowers, are weaving
the worlds, and the Apsaras, the Ambas, or sacred scriptures, and
Ambayavis, or understanding, and the rivers Ambayas leading to the
knowledge of Brahman. To this world he who knows the Paryanka-vidya
approaches. Brahman says to him: 'Run towards him, servants, with such
worship as is due to myself. He has reached the river Vigara, the
age-less, he will never age.
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