ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : Mantram : 18.

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ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

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VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD



Mantram-18. ( Last Mantram )


Discussion-2. "Agni  Devata" ---the  Fire  God  .....



Let  'bhaktas' ( devotees )  understand  that  true  'Vedantham'   is   no  enemy  to  them;  let  true  'Vedantins'   ( followers  of  Vedantham )  come  to  feel  ashamed  of  themselves  when  they  cry  down  'bhakti'  (devotion)  in  the  name  of  their  sacred  faith,  the  religion  of  Vedantham.


At  the  time  of  the  'Vedas,'  "Agni"  was  the  God;  here  the  prayer  is  an  invocation  to  "Agni  Devatha" ---  the  Fire  God.




"Wealth" : -


Here,  in  this  mantram,  Lord  Agni  has  been  invoked  to  lead  us  to  "wealth."

The  materialist  need  not  understand  that  this  'wealth' means  the 'sterling' or  the  'dollar'!

It  is  not  the  wealth  of  the  economist  that  is  meant  here,  but  it  is  the  "riches  of  the  spiritual  seeker"  that  is  in  the  mind  of  the  Rishis.

"Wealth"  is  thus  to  be  understood  as  standing  for  bliss  or  'mukti' or  'beatitude.'

The  seeker's  death-bed  request  is  also  only  for  the  attainment  of  the  "Supreme  Felicity."

Next : Last Discussion-3. "We  offer  Thee  our  best  salutations" .....  "Agne  idam  na  mama".....             

To be continued ....



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

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