“Know the embodied soul to be a part of the hundredth part of
the point of a hair divided a hundred times; and yet it is infinite. It is not
female, it is not male, nor is it neuter. whatever body it takes, with that it
becomes united. By means of desires, contact, attachment and delusion, the
embodied soul assumes, successively, diverse forms in various places, according
to its deeds, just as the body grows when food and drink are poured into it.” [Yajurveda,
Shvet. Upa., Part I, Ch. V, 9-11]. “The embodied soul,
by means of good and evil deeds committed by itself, assumes many forms, coarse
and fine. By virtue of its actions and also of such characteristics of the mind
as knowledge and desire, it assumes another body for the enjoyment of suitable
objects. He who knows the Lord, who is without beginning or end, who stands in
the midst of the chaos of the world, who is the Creator of all things and is
endowed with many forms-he who knows the radiant Deity, the sole Pervader of
the universe, is released from all his fetters.” [Yajurveda, Shvet. Upa., Part
I, Chapter V, 12-13].
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