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The all-pervading Self, set within like butter within milk, rooted in Self-knowledge and austerity — that is the supreme Brahman taught in the Upanishad.
सर्वव्यापिनमात्मानं क्षीरे सर्पिरिवार्पितम् । आत्मविद्यातपोमूलं तद्ब्रह्मोपनिषत् परम् ॥ १६॥
HinduTeachingKnowledgeSelf KnowledgeSanskrit
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 1.16Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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SU.1.16
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