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Muṇḍakopaniṣad 2.2.4

praṇavo dhanuḥ śāro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyateapramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravat tanmayo bhavet

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praṇavo dhanuḥ śāro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate | apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravat tanmayo bhavet

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Om is the bow, the Self is the arrow. Brahman is called its aim. It is to be hit by a man who is not thoughtless; and then, as the arrow (becomes one with the target), he will become one with Brahman.

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

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  1. English Om is the bow, the Self is the arrow. Brahman is called its aim. It is to be hit by a man who is not thoughtless; and then, as the arrow (becomes one with the target), he will become one with Brahman. F. Max Müller

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