KAIVALYA UPANISHAD : 15. Swami Advaitananda.
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From the Atharva Veda (26 Mantras) : “The HOMOGENEITY of Brahman”
5. OUR SPIRITUAL ROOTS :
Mantras : 15-19, 5 no.
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Mantram : 15 - The Material Cause of All
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5. OUR SPIRITUAL ROOTS :
Mantras : 15-19, 5 no.
Mantram : 15 - The Material Cause of All
1 "etasmaat jaayate praanaho, 2 manah sarva indryaani cha;
3 kham vaayu jyotih aapah, 4 prthivee vishwasya dhaarinee."
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Translation :
1 etasmaat jaayate praanaho, = From Him are born the Prana (life),
2 manah sarva indryaani cha; = the Antahkarana (mind), and all the organs;
3 kham vaayu jyotih aapah, = then also (are born) the sky, wind, fire, water,
4 prthivee vishwasya dhaarinee. = and earth. He is the support of the whole universe.:
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Commentary :
In this first mantram, we are given how the Supreme Brahman presents Itself in and
through matter. We see that Paramatman is the very Upadana Karana or Material Cause of
all creation. “From Him are born” makes this very clear. Pujya Gurudev ties this verse to one
that appears in Mundaka Upanishad: “The substratum for all effects is the very material
from which they have sprung up.”
1-2 The first word used here indicates this involvement or Presence of Paramatman.
Etasmaat means “from This”, which is something a lot closer than Tasmaat which means
“from That”. The closeness of God is the main purpose of using the former word. He is right
here in our midst, even in all the objects. What does this imply about our life?
In the previous section, when we saw the detached role played by Paramatman in all
the three states of consciousness in an individual, we may be left with the impression that
He only witnesses our life, but does not participate in all its numerous activities. If that is so
then is there some other Deity who is responsible for our day-to-day life? Is there another
God who oversees the enormous details of our life?
The Immanence of Paramatman:
3-4 The answer given in this mantram is: “No, even the gross and subtle manifestation is
born from Him alone. Not only is He the transcendent support or substratum of all, but He is
also immanently present in all.”
i) Spirit of Sanctity: If we learn to see this truth with a subtle intellect, we develop a
totally different outlook on life. We will no longer “plunder” Nature for all Her wealth, but
revere and respect Her as an expression of God Himself. Everything in our life gets imbued
with sanctity. A reverence for life awakens in our heart. What a huge difference it makes
when our values begin tilting towards God!
ii) The World is God: The identity of God and this world is a genuine, complete
identity, He being their material cause. It is not a “synthetic identity” that is reproduced
under factory conditions or in a scientist’s laboratory. A can be equal or identical only to A;
when equated with B, it can only be ‘similar’ to B, never equal to it.
The only genuine identity is that of God and Creation. It is said, “God is Creation”,
not “God is similar to Creation”. This was explained very meticulously by Acharyaji, and as
students we appreciated his effort to make us realize how much thought has been put into
such matters by the spiritual scientists of India! Indeed, the truths they have ‘coded’ into
their verses have far-reaching and deep meanings. They need expert Acharyas to ‘de-code’
them for our understanding.
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Next-
Mantram - 16: The Efficient Cause of All :
To be continued
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