Prashna Upanishad 6.6

The Sixteen-Parted PersonAtharva Veda

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अरा इव रथनाभौ कला यस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठिताः। तं वेद्यं पुरुषं वेद यथा मा वो मृत्युः परिव्यथा इति॥

arā iva rathanābhau kalā yasminpratiṣṭhitāḥ | taṃ vedyaṃ puruṣaṃ veda yathā mā vo mṛtyuḥ parivyathā iti ||

""The parts are established in Him as spokes in a wheel's hub. Know that Person who is to be known, so that death may not grieve you.""

What This Means:

All sixteen parts depend on the Person as spokes depend on the hub. Know this Person and death will not trouble you.

Going Deeper:

The wheel metaphor again: the Person is the center around which all else revolves. Knowledge of this center liberates from the fear of death.

How To Apply This:

Find your center - the unchanging Self. With that knowledge, death loses its power to frighten.

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