ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : Mantram : 9. (Last Part)

-





ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

or


VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD




Mantram : 9.



 Discussion - 4. Summation  ....


However,  the  context  here  would  demand  that  we  take  'Vidya'  to  be  the  'higher  meditation,'
and  'Avidya'  to  be  'all  sadhanas'  that  prepare  one,  by  exhausting  one's  existing  vasanas,  to  have  a  peaceful  mind  that  can  readily  be  brought  to  the  seat  of  meditation.

This,  we bare  not  doing  to  suit  our  purpose  here.




The  negative  prefix  'A'  in  Samskrtam  can  mean  either  a  mere  'negation' and  'assertion,' ***1.
emphasising  something  similar  to  but  really  different  from  the  thing  negated.

"Therefore,  'avidya'  can  mean  'not  vidya' but  something  like  'vidya,'  though  different  from  it"

Since  in  Vedantham  it  is  accepted   the  selfless  service  will  purify  the  personality  and  prepare  it  for  contemplation  and  meditation,  avidya  here  should  be  understood  as 'selfless  dedicated  action'.***2.


Note :-

***1.  Known  as  "Prasamjana  Pratishedham".

***2.  Sri  Madhavacharya  has  given  a  strange  meaning  for  these  terms.

According  to  Acharya,  the  tenth  Mantram,  "cultivation  of  the  right  knowledge  of  Brahmam"
is  'vidya',  and  "wrong  notions  of  Brahmam"  is  'avidya'.

Thereafter,  Acharya  goes  on  to  say  that  those  who,  having  the  right  knowledge  do  not  condemn  the  'wrong  notions,'  stand  to  suffer  more  than  those  who  entertain  the 'wrong  notions' of  Brahmam.

In  this  mantram ( 9th),  avidya  for  Sri  Madhavacharya  is  'wrong  notions' and  in  10th  and  11th  manra-s  avidya  is,  to  Acharya  'condemnation  of  wrong  notions'.

This  is  queer  indeed.

End of discussion on Mantram-9.

Next : Mantram-10.

To be continued   .....



know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-4. { "Other means of Self-realisation." }

-
Image
MUNDAKOPANISHAD CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-4.  { "Other  means  of  Self-realisation." } Nayam-atma  bala-hinena  labhyo na  ca  pramadat  tapaso  va' py-alingat, etair-upayair-yatate  yastu  vidvan tasyaisa  atma  visate  brahma-dhama. na  =  not; ayam  =  this; atma  =  Paramatma; bala-hinena  =  by  the  weak  ( in  spirit ); labhyah  =  is  attained; na  =  not; ca  =  and; pramadat  =  insincerity,  careless-ness; tapasah  =  from  penances,  austerities; va  =  or; api  =  and; alingat  = ( literal  meaning - without  proper  sign ),  improper,  unintelligent; etaih  =  by  these; upayaih  =  practices,  means; yatate  =  strives; yah  =  that; tu  =  but; vidvan  =  wise  man; tasya  =  to  him; esah  =  this; atma  =  Paramatma; visate  =  attains; brahma-dhama  =  the  state  of  brahmam. "The  Self  is  not  gained  by  the  weak  ( in  body,  mind,  and  intellect  or  Spirit ),  n
Read more

Mundakopanishad : ( Seven tongues of fire ).Mantram-4.

-
Image
Mundaka-Upanishad Chapter-1. Section-2. ( Rituals ) Mantram-4. ( Seven  tongues  of  fire ) "kali  karali  ca  manojava  ca  sulohita  ya  ca  sudhumra-varna, sphulingini  visvaruci  ca  devi  lelaya-mana  iti  sapta  jihvah." kali  =  kali ( the black  one ); karali  =  karali  ( the  terrific  one ); ca  =  and; manojava  =  as  swift  as  mind; ca  =  and; sulohita  =  deep-red-coloured; ya  =  who; ca  =  also; sudhumra  varna  =   the  smoke - coloured; sphulingini  =  the  sparkling; visvaruci  devi  =  the  variegated,  the  bright,  all  shining; ca  =  and; lelaya-mana  =  flickering; iti  =  that; sapta  =  seven; jihvah  =  tongues. "The  seven  flickering  tongues  ( jwala-s )  of  flames  are : 1. Kali,  the  black  one; 2. Karali,  the  terrific  one; 3. Manojava,  the  swift-as-mind  one; 4. Sulohita,  the  deep-red  one; 5. Sudhumra-varna,  the  smoke-coloured  one; 6. Sphulingini
Read more

Tat Tvam Asi – You Are That! – Chandogya Upanishad

-
Image
04/06/2019 Tat Tvam Asi – You Are That! – Chandogya Upanishad Uddalaka had a son called Svetaketu. When he was twelve, his father said to him, “It is time for you to find a spiritual teacher. Everyone in this family has studied the holy scriptures and the spiritual way.” So Svetaketu went to a teacher and studied the scriptures for twelve years. He returned home very proud of his intellectual knowledge. His father observed him and said, “My boy, you seem to have a high opinion of yourself; you are proud of your learning. But did you ask your teacher for the spiritual knowledge that enables you to hear the unheard, think the unthought and know the unknown?” “What is that knowledge, Father?” asked Svetaketu. “Just as by knowing a lump of clay, everything that is made of clay can be known, since any differences are only words, and the essential reality is clay. In the same way, by knowing a piece of gold, all that is made of gold can be known, since any differences are only wo
Read more