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To him he said: 'Two kinds of knowledge are to be known—so say those who know Brahman: the higher and the lower.'
तस्मै स होवाच । द्वे विद्ये वेदितव्ये इति ह स्म यद्ब्रह्मविदो वदन्ति परा चैवापरा च ॥ ४॥
HinduTeachingKnowledgeSelf KnowledgeSanskrit
Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.4Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
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Mundaka Upanishad
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Mundaka Upanishad
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MuU.1.1.4
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KnowledgeSelf-KnowledgeWisdom

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