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2.78. A Brahmana, learned in the Veda, who recites during both twilights that syllable and that (verse),
preceded by the Vyahritis, gains the (whole) merit which (the recitation of) the Vedas confers.
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2.79. A twice-born man who (daily) repeats those three one thousand times outside (the village), will be freed
after a month even from great guilt, as a snake from its slough.
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2.80. The Brahmana, the Kshatriya, and the Vaisya who neglect (the recitation of) that Rik-verse and the timely
(performance of the) rites (prescribed for) them, will be blamed among virtuous men.
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2.81. Know that the three imperishable Mahavyahritis, preceded by the syllable Om, and (followed) by the
three-footed Savitri are the portal of the Veda and the gate leading (to union with) Brahman.
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2.82. He who daily recites that (verse), untired, during three years, will enter (after death) the highest Brahman,
move as free as air, and assume an ethereal form.
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2.83. The monosyllable (Om) is the highest Brahman, (three) suppressions of the breath are the best (form of)
austerity, but nothing surpasses the Savitri truthfulness is better than silence.
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2.84. All rites ordained in the Veda, burnt oblations and (other) sacrifices, pass away; but know that the syllable
(Om) is imperishable, and (it is) Brahman, (and) the Lord of creatures (Pragapati).
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2.85. An offering, consisting of muttered prayers, is ten times more efficacious than a sacrifice performed
according to the rules (of the Veda); a (prayer) which is inaudible (to others) surpasses it a hundred times, and
the mental (recitation of sacred texts) a thousand times.
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2.86. The four Pakayagnas and those sacrifices which are enjoined by the rules (of the Veda) are all together not
equal in value to a sixteenth part of the sacrifice consisting of muttered prayers.
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2.87. But, undoubtedly, a Brahmana reaches the highest goal by muttering prayers only; (whether) he perform
other (rites) or neglect them, he who befriends (all creatures) is declared (to be) a (true) Brahmana.
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