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He has no master in the world, no ruler, nor is there any mark of him. He is the cause, the lord of the lords of the sense-organs; he has no progenitor and no lord.
न तस्य कश्चित् पतिरस्ति लोके न चेशिता नैव च तस्य लिङ्गम् । स कारणं करणाधिपाधिपो न चास्य कश्चिज्जनिता न चाधिपः ॥ ९॥
HinduTeachingGodNirankar (Formless God)Sanskrit
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.9Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
Source text
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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SU.6.9
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GodNirankar (Formless God)Reality

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