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The one controller of the many inactive ones, who makes the single seed manifold — the wise who behold him dwelling within themselves, to them belongs eternal happiness, and to no others.
एको वशी निष्क्रियाणां बहूना- मेकं बीजं बहुधा यः करोति । तमात्मस्थं येऽनुपश्यन्ति धीरा- स्तेषां सुखं शाश्वतं नेतरेषाम् ॥ १२॥
HinduTeachingAbiding HappinessSelf RealisationSanskrit
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.12Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Tradition
Hindu
Source text
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Chapter
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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SU.6.12
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Abiding HappinessSelf-RealisationGod

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