"Man has three births: he is born of his mother, reborn in the person of his son, and finds his highest birth in death" (2.

5).
In the exposition of these two Upanishads one gets at once the sum of them all.

The methods, the illustrations, even the doctrines, differ in detail; but in the chief end and object of the Upanishads, and in the principle of knowledge as a means of attaining _brahma_, they are united.

This it is that causes the refutation of the Vedic 'being from not-being.' It is even said in the [=A]itareya that the gods worshipped breath (the spirit) as being and so became gods (great); while devils worshipped spirit as not-being, and hence became (inferior) devils (2.1.8.

6).
It was noticed above that a king instructed priests.