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Chandogya Upanishad 6.68

अथ यदि तस्याकर्ता भवति ततेव सत्यमात्मानं कुरुते स सत्याभिसन्धः सत्येनात्मानमन्तर्धाय परशुं तप्तं प्रतिगृह्णाति सन दह्यतेऽथ मुच्यते ॥ २ ॥

6.16.2 — atha yadi tasyakarta bhavati tateva satyamatmanam kurute sa satyabhisandhah satyenatmanamantardhaya parashum taptam pratigrihnati sana dahyate'tha muchyate || 2 ||

'But if he did not commit the theft, then he makes himself to be what he is. Then the true-minded, having covered his true Self by truth, grasps the heated hatchet—he is not burnt, and he is delivered.

'परन्तु यदि वह कर्ता नहीं है, तो वह स्वयं को सत्य बनाता है; सत्य की ओट में अपने आत्मा को छिपाकर तप्त परशु पकड़ता है — वह जलता नहीं, और मुक्त हो जाता है।'