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'So indeed it is, Maghavan,' he said; 'but I will explain it to you further — and there is nothing other than this. Live here another five years.' He lived there another five years. That made one hundred and one years in all, and so people say that Maghavan lived the life of brahmacharya with Prajapati for one hundred and one years. Then Prajapati said to him:
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Chandogya Upanishad 8.11.3

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Chandogya Upanishad
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Chandogya Upanishad
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ChU.8.11.3
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