TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 22. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Saturday, February 25, 2023. 06:45.

SAGUNA-BRAHMAN UPASANAS :

Part-1.

Chapter-6.

Meditations on Form 

Post-22.

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Mantram - 1.6.2: Three More “Mystic” Centres 
With Translation :

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antarena taaluke;   =  ii) Between the palates;

yah eshah stana iva avalambate;   =   that which hangs down like a nipple; 

saa indra yonih;  =   That is the birthplace of Indra.

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yatra asau keshaantah vivartate;   =  iii) Where the root of hair is made to part;

vyapohya sheersha kapaale  =  iv) The opening at the centre of the skull.

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

The additional three centres for concentration exercises are also located within the 

physical body. These are taken as symbols for the “Residence” of Brahman. True, the all pervading Brahman cannot have a residence, but in an Upasana one can imagine one.

The centres chosen are such that they require us to make a special effort to focus on 

them. They carry with them an air of mysticism, an air of the Unknown, an air of mystery.

We do not ever think of them on a daily basis, as we do our fingers, ears and nose.

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3 For instance, there is ii) the little ‘nipple’ (epiglottis) at the back of the mouth, used 

unconsciously to lock the gullet; this is another centre we rarely give attention to.

4a iii) The root of hair makes for a very imaginative meditation in search of Brahman!

4b The opening at iv) the centre of the skull was spoken of in the Aitareya Upanishad 

as the Vidriti, the “place of Bliss”. It is the regal opening through which Brahman Himself is 

said to have ‘entered’ the human body at the time when Man was created. Here it finds a 

good use in this Upasana, which is aimed at reminding us of Brahman. 

How imaginative and creative were the Rishis! How and resourceful and helpful!

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Next
Mantram - 1.6.3: The Departure of the Ego
To be continued

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

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