SANTI PATHA -




ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

or  


VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD 


SANTI   PATHA -


(  PEACE - INVOCATION )



OM   PURNA-MADAH   PURNA-MIDAM   PURNAT   PURNAM-UDACYATE,

PURNASYA   PURNA-MADAYA   PURNA-MEVA-VASISYATE.

OM  SANTIH!   OM  SANTIH!!    OM   SANTIH!!!


om = om;

purnam = whole;

adah = that;

purnam = whole;

idam = this;

purnat = from the whole;

purnam = the whole;

udacyate = becomes manifest;

purnasya = from the whole;

purnam = the whole;

adaya = is negated;

purnam= the whole;

eva = alone;

avasisyate = remains;

om = om;

santih = peace be;

santih = peace be;

santih = peace be.



" That   is   Whole,   this   is   Whole;    from   the   Whole,   the   Whole   becomes   manifest.   From   the   Whole,   when   the   Whole   

negated,   what   remains    is   again   the   Whole."



Discussion :1. This peace-invocation  reads as though a pleasant contradiction in terms.

On a very superficial reading one is apt to consider only its word-meaning and then each sentence should certainly confuse and confound  any modern student who dives into it especially through its literal translations available to him in English or in any vernacular.

This is philasophical truth-declaration, and as such, unless we know something of the Vedantic conclusions over the theme of the transcendental  Infinte and its 'relationship' with the finite, this SANTI-MANTRAM should necessarily  confuse any reader.


Next : Discussion-2. ghost in the post !

To be continued ...



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