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Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1.2.7

plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ yeṣu karmaetacchreyo ye'bhinandanti mūḍhā jarāmṛtyuṃ te punarevāpi yanti

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plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ yeṣu karma | etacchreyo ye'bhinandanti mūḍhā jarāmṛtyuṃ te punarevāpi yanti

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But frail, in truth, are those boats, the sacrifices, the eighteen, in which this lower ceremonial has been told. Fools who praise this as the highest good, are subject again and again to old age and death.

F. Max MüllerThe Upanishads, 1879 and 1884 · public domain (translation); CC BY-SA 4.0 (transcription)

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  1. English But frail, in truth, are those boats, the sacrifices, the eighteen, in which this lower ceremonial has been told. Fools who praise this as the highest good, are subject again and again to old age and death. F. Max Müller

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