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“No one can understand the sound of a drum,
without understanding both the drum and the drummer.
No one can understand the sound of a conch shell,
without understanding the shell and the one who
blows it.
No one can understand the sound of a lute,
without understanding both the lute and the one who
plays it.
As there can be no water without the sea,
no touch without the skin,
no smell without the nose,
no taste without the tongue,
no sound without the ear,
no thought without the mind,
no work without the hands,
and no walking without feet,
so there can be nothing without the soul.”
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Musician of the Achalnath Mahadev Temple,
in Jodhpur
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