Chānd-Mül, 1879-847. 'Whatever they thought was altogether unknown, they knew was some combination of those three beings (devata).
'Now learn from me, my friend, how those three beings, when they reach man, become each of them tripartite.
Chānd-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.katham | yad anyad rūpeṇa sandihyamāne kapotādirūpe rohitamiva yadgṛhyamāṇamabhūtteṣāṃ pūrveṣāṃ brahmavidāṃ tattejaso rūpamiti vidāñcakruḥ tathā yacchuklamivābhūdgṛhyamāṇaṃ tadāpāṃ rūpaṃ yatkṛṣṇamiva gṛhyamāṇaṃ tadannasyeti vidāñcakrurevamevātyantadurlakṣyaṃ yadu apyavijñātamiva viśeṣato ’gṛhyamāṇamabhūttadapyetāsāmeva tisṛṇāṃ devatānāṃ samāsaḥ samudāya iti vidāñcakruḥ | evaṃ tāvadbāhyaṃ vastvagnyādivavijñātaṃ tathedānīṃ yathā nu khalu he somyemā yathoktāstisro devatāḥ puraṣaṃ śiraḥpāmyādilakṣaṇaṃ kāryakāraṇasaṅghātaṃ prāpya puruṣeṇopayujyamānāsrivṛttrivṛdekaikā bhavati tanme vijānīhi nigadata ityuktvā’ha || 6-7 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi ṣaṣṭhādhyāyasya caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
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