कथामृत  ·  Kathamrita

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi

Yajnavalkya was preparing to leave his household for the forest. He told his wife Maitreyi he wanted to divide his property between his two wives. Maitreyi asked: if I had all the wealth of the earth, would I become immortal through it? Yajnavalkya said: no. Then …