For him who knows this, there is this Upanishad, or secret vow,
'Beg not!' As a man who has begged through a village and got nothing
sits down and says, 'I shall never eat anything given by those people,'
and as then those who formerly refused him press him to accept their
alms, thus is the rule for him who begs not, but the charitable will
press him and say, 'Let us give to thee.'
"Now follows the attainment of the highest treasure, i.e., spirit.[18]
If a man meditates on that highest treasure, let him on a full moon or a
new moon, or in the bright fortnight, under an auspicious Nakshatra, at
one of these proper times, bending his right knee, offer oblations of
ghee with a ladle, after having placed the fire, swept the ground,
strewn the sacred grass, and sprinkled water. Let him say: 'The deity
called Speech is the attainer, may it attain this for me from him who
possesses and can bestow what I wish for. Svaha to it!' 'The deity
called prana, or breath, is the attainer, may it attain this for me from
him. Svaha to it!' 'The deity called the eye is the attainer, may it
attain this for me from him. Svaha to it!' 'The deity called the ear is
the attainer, may it attain this for me from him. Svaha to it!' 'The
deity called mind is the attainer of it, may it attain this for me from
him. Svaha to it!' 'The deity called knowledge is the attainer of it,
may it attain this for me from him.
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