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Section 7.4

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संकल्पो वाव मनसो भूयान् । यदा वै संकल्पयते ऽथ मनस्यति । अथ वाचम् ईरयति । ताम् उ नाम्नीयूअति । नाम्नि मन्त्रा एकं भवन्ति । मन्त्रेषु कर्माणि

saṃkalpo vāva manaso bhūyān | yadā vai saṃkalpayate 'tha manasyati | atha vācam īrayati | tām u nāmnīyūati | nāmni mantrā ekaṃ bhavanti | mantreṣu karmāṇi

'Will (saṅkalpa) is better than mind. For when a man wills, then he thinks in his mind, then he sends forth speech, and he sends it forth in a name. In a name the sacred hymns are contained, in the sacred hymns all sacrifices.

Translated by F. Max Müller

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