Vedic Verses for 10/16/09

On this there is the following verse: If during rites performed with a view to fulfilling certain desires, he sees a woman in his dream, let him know of his success from this vision in a dream, yea, from this vision in a dream.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, II - The Mantha Rite, 8

Svetaketu the grandson of Aruna came to the assembly of the Panchalas. Pravahana the son of Jibala said to him: Boy, has your father instructed you? Yes, revered Sir, he replied.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, III - The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana, 1

The king said: Do you know to what place men go after departing from here? No, revered Sir. Do you know how they return again? No, revered Sir. Do you know where the paths leading to the gods and leading to the Manes separate? No, reveredSir.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, III - The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana, 2

Do you know why yonder world is not filled up? No, revered Sir. Do you know how water, in the fifth oblation, comes to be called man? No, revered Sir.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, III - The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana, 3

Then why did you say that you had been instructed? How could he who did not know these things say that he had been instructed? Then Svetaketu went back to his father with a sorrowful mind and said to him: Revered Sir, you told me that you had instructed me, though you had not instructed me.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, III - The Story of Svetaketu and Pravahana, 4

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