Food As Mind And Water As Prana

In the Chandogya Upanishad, Shwetaketu could not understand how food became the mind or water prana. Uddalaka decided to explain the matter with a practical example. He asked Swetaketu to avoid taking food for fifteen days and live only on water. Shwetaketu survived this test as the water he was taking ensured that prana did not leave the body. But he could not recall the Vedic mantras that he

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