Vedic Verses

A daily collection of verses from the Vedas, Hinduism's revealed scripture

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Vedic Verses for 2/3/10

And when it appears that in deep sleep it does not taste, yet it is tasting though it does not taste; for there is no cessation of the tasting of the taster, because the taster is imperishable. There is then, however, no second thing separate from the taster that it could taste.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, III-Investigation of the Three States, 25

And when it appears that in deep sleep it does not speak, yet it is speaking though it does not speak; for there is no cessation of the speaking of the speaker, because the speaker is imperishable. There is then, however, no second thing separate from the speaker that it could speak about.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, III-Investigation of the Three States, 26

And when it appears that in deep sleep it does not hear, yet it is hearing though it does not hear; for there is no cessation of the hearing of the hearer, because the hearer is imperishable. There is then, however, no second thing separate from the hearer that it could hear.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, III-Investigation of the Three States, 27

And when it appears that in deep sleep it does not think, yet it is thinking though it does not think; for there is no cessation of the thinking of the thinker, because the thinker is imperishable. There is then, however, no second thing separate from the thinker that it could think of.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, III-Investigation of the Three States, 28

And when it appears that in deep sleep it does not touch, yet it is touching though it does not touch; for there is no cessation of the touching of the toucher, because the toucher is imperishable. There is then, however, no second thing separate from the toucher that it could touch.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, III-Investigation of the Three States, 29