[4.1] She replied: 'It is Brahman. It is through the victory of Brahman that you have thus become great.' After that he knew that it was Brahman.

[4.2] Therefore these Devas, viz. Agni, Vāyu, and Indra, are, as it were, above the other gods, for they touched it (the Brahman) nearest.

[4.3] And therefore Indra is, as it were, above the other gods, for he touched it nearest, he first knew it.

[4.4] This is the teaching of Brahman, with regard to the gods (mythological): It is that which now flashes forth in the lightning, and now vanishes again.

[4.5] And this is the teaching of Brahman, with regard to the body (psychological): It is that which seems to move as mind, and by it imagination remembers again and again.

[4.6] That Brahman is called Tadvana, by the name of Tadvana it is to be meditated on. All beings have a desire for him who knows this.

[4.7] The Teacher: 'As you have asked me to tell you the Upanishad, the Upanishad has now been told you. We have told you the Brāhmī Upanishad.'

[4.8] 'The feet on which that Upanishad stands are penance, restraint, sacrifice; the Vedas are all its limbs, the True is its abode.'

[4.9] 'He who knows this Upanishad, and has shaken off all evil, stands in the endless, unconquerable world of heaven, yea, in the world of heaven.'