CHAPTER:-1.

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SECTION:-1.

SLOKAM:-4.

Tasmai  sa  hovaca ----

dve  vidye  veditavye  iti  ha  sma  yad

Brahma-vido  vadanti  pra  caivapara  ca.


To him ( Saunaka ) Angira said : 'There are two kinds of knowledge to be aquired, namely, Apara and Para----lower and higher. So say those ( the great seers of the Upanisads ) who know Brahman.'  

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