( 59 ) was again divided into two equal parts, i.e. , two quar- ters. Then the integral half of fire and a quarter of water and a quarter of earth were combined together and the combination made the fire from which all ] u minous things were evolved. Similarly the balf of original water with a quarter each of fre and earth added to it became the tripled water and the half of original earth together with a quarter each of fre and vater became the tripled earth and all watery and earthen things were created respectively from these two triple elements. Though each of these three tri . ple elements is made of three different parts it retains the old name, fire etc. because the particular part do iminates over the other two. So far Uddalaka vas speaking about two categories namely, Sat and matter. Now, it must be noted he maks mection of a third category, Jied. The indi vidual soul is called jive, because it lives, being in close and indispersable cantact with breath. Prna in Sanskrit. The pronoun un21, meaning this is used here as if pointing to jima by finger with the purpose of indicating that jiod is quite different from Sat. A fcrm with a |name is created and Snt enters into it, putting within it only one jion. This explains the singular nu:mber of jice. The jou souls are countiess. Each and every form that is created has a jied within it and Sat also is present there. So each and every thing in the world is a group of three,the formthe soul and Sat which is the Supreme Soul. This fact sug gested to the ancient authors comparing our body to
