Rice

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 21 Oct 2011 12:54 and updated at 21 Oct 2011 12:54

BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD NOUN

BrihadArUpa5	1 This being identified with the mind and resplendent (is realised by the Yogins) within the heart like a grain of Rice or barley. He is the lord of all, the ruler of all, and governs whatever there is.
BrihadArUpa6	13 Four things are made of fig wood the ladle, the bowl, the fuel and the two mixing rods. The cultivated grains are ten in number Rice, barley, sesame, beans, Anu, Priyangu, wheat, lentils, pulse and vetches. They should be crushed and soaked in Curds, Honey and clarified Butter, and offered as an oblation.
BrihadArUpa6	13 If anybody s Wife has the monthly sickness, she should drink of three days out of a cup Kamsa(). No Sudra man or Woman should touch her. After three nights she should bathe, put on a new cloth, and be put to thresh Rice.
BrihadArUpa6	14 He who wishes that his son should be born fair, study one Veda and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked in Milk, and he and his Wife should eat it with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a son.
BrihadArUpa6	15 He who wishes that his son should be born tawny or brown, study two Vedas and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked in Curd, and he and his Wife should eat it with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a son.
BrihadArUpa6	16 He who wishes that his son should be born dark with red eyes, study three Vedas and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked in water and he and his Wife should eat with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a son.
BrihadArUpa6	17 He who wishes that a daughter should be born to him who would be a scholar and attain a full term of life, should have Rice cooked with sesame, and he and his Wife should eat it with clarified Butter. Then they would be able to produce such a daughter.

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