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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.9.9

Here they say: 'How is it that he who blows like one only, should be called one and a half (adhyardha)?' And the answer is: 'Because, when the wind was blowing, everything grew (adhyardhnot).' He asked: 'Who is the one god?' Yagnavalkya replied: 'Breath (prana), and he is Brahman (the Sutratman), and they call him That (tyad).'

In plain words: People ask why the wind, which is one, is called "one and a half." The answer is a word-play: when the wind blows, everything grows. Finally Yagnavalkya says the one god is breath, which is Brahman, the thread running through all things, and people simply call it "That."

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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