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As a spider sends forth and draws in its thread, as plants grow on the earth, as hairs grow from the head and body of a living person, so from the Imperishable arises everything here.

यथोर्णनाभिः सृजते गृह्णते च यथा पृथिव्यामोषधयः संभवन्ति । यथा सतः पुरुषात्केशलोमानि तथाऽक्षरात्संभवतीह विश्वम् ॥ ७॥

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Tradition: Hindu
Source text: Mundaka Upanishad
Chapter: Mundaka Upanishad
Verse / page: MuU.1.1.7
Topics: Creation God Universe

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