Page 5 - Isha Upanishad

Of these the Rig, Yajur, Sama & Atharvan are the

fertilising rain which gave the plant of the Truth

nourishment and made it grow, the Brahmanas are the

forest in which the plant is found, the Aranyakas are the

soil in which it grows, the Upanishads are the plant itself,

roots, stalk, leaves, calix and petals, and the flower which

manifests itself once and for ever is the great saying SO

AHAM—I AM HE which is the culmination of the

Upanishads. Salutation to the SO AHAM. Salutation to the

Eternal who is without place, time, cause or limit,

Salutation to my Self who am the Eternal.

(CWSA, 17: 102)