KAIVALYA UPANISHAD : 25. Swami Advaitananda.
Friday, March 24, 2023. 06:30.
7. THE FRUITS OF REALISATION
(Mantras - 25-26, 2 no.)
Mantram - 25: The Shata-Rudreeyam Upasana
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Mantra - 25: The Shata-Rudreeyam Upasana (with translation) :
1 yah shata-rudreeyam adheete = He who studies the Shata-Rudreeya:
2 sah agni pooto bhavati; = From fire he becomes purified;
3 suraa-paanaat pooto bhavati; = from the sin of drinking he becomes purified;
4 sah brahmahatyaayaat = from the sin of killing a Brahmana,
pooto bhavati; = he becomes purified;
5 sah suvarnasteyaat = from attachment to gold ornaments (wealth),
pooto bhabati; = pooto bhavati;
6 sah kritya-akrityaat = from sins of commission and omission,
pooto bhavati; = he becomes purified.
7 tasmaad avimuktam, = Therefore, he who does not leave the Truth,
aashritah bhavati; = he gains refuge or shelter in Shiva;
8 ati aashramee, = One who belongs to the highest order of life,
sarvadaa sakrid vaa japet. = should repeat this always, or at least once (a day).
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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :
The Vicious “Desire-Lineage” :
Acharyaji introduced the Shata-Rudreeya Upasana by placing it in context with the
overall spiritual objective of all types of Sadhanas.
The fundamental cause of departure from our Self-hood is Ignorance, followed by
the inevitable “Desire-Lineage”as follows :
i) Avarana is the veiling power of Ignorance which veils the Self from our intellectual
grasp;
ii) From that veiling, arises the sense of limitation;
iii) From limitation, arises desire. Desire can be of two types: If we know that our real
nature is the limitless Self, our desire would be to regain freedom from limitation; but, due
to the wrong idea that we are the limited Ego-self, we desire to serve the body and mind by
giving it what it wants. In this way we go into greater limitation.
iv) From the Ego’s desire arise numerous activities;
v) Activities multiply due to Vikshepa, the second power of Ignorance;
vi) Multiplication gives rise to accumulation of Paapa and Punya, demerit and merit;
vii) Paapa and Punya form the Mala or dirt or impurity that clouds our intellect;
viii) Clouding of intellect makes us forget our true spiritual nature, the Atman;
This completes the vicious cycle as we are back to the first point.
Sadhana to Arrest the Cycle :
We see clearly that the task before us is threefold :
i) to remove the Avarana or ignorance that is causing the delusion.
ii) to reduce and then eliminate Vikshepa, the restlessness of the mind.
iii) to clean up Mala, the impurities that have accumulated in our mind.
Logically we have to start from step iii) and proceed to step i).
Two main Sadhanas are prescribed for removing Mala and Vikshepa :
Firstly, the Sadhana of Karma Yoga is prescribed for a protracted period to bring to
the surface the hidden Mala in our mind, so that it can be worked out of the system and
give us purity or Chitta Shuddhi.
Secondly, various Upasanas are prescribed in order to remove the tossing of the
mind or Vikshepa, and develop one-pointedness of mind or Chitta Ekagrata.
1-8 A very useful combination of the above two processes is suggested in this mantram
of the Kaivalya Upanishad. The Shata-Rudreeya Upasana is suggested for rapid clearing of
Mala and Vikshepa from the mind, and preparing the devotee for knowledge that will
eliminate Avarana or root Ignorance.
With this introduction, we now proceed to explain more about this Upasana. :
THE SHATA-RUDREEYA UPASANA :
This Upasana consists of chanting the Rudram and the Chamakam. Both of these
have 11 paragraphs of Prayers composed in prose. For ease of explanation, these
paragraphs will be denoted in the following manner :
The Rudram verses are shown as R1, R2, R3….R11.
The Chamakam verses are shown as C1, C2, C3….C11.
The Chanting procedure to complete one round is as follows :
Procedure for One Round :
1. Chant full Rudram, followed by the first verse of Chamakam :
(R1 + R2 + R3 + ……. + R11) + C1.
2. Chant full Rudram, followed by the second verse of Chamakam :
(R1 + R2 + R3 + ……. + R11) + C2.
3. Chant full Rudram, followed by the third verse of Chamakam :
(R1 + R2 + R3 + ……. + R11) + C3.
4. Continue like this until we reach C11 of Chamakam at the 11th Rudram.
(R1 + R2 + R3 + ……. + R11) + C11.
5. This makes 11 chants of the full Rudram, and one full chant of Chamakam.
This completes one round.
Procedure for Many Rounds :
5. 11 Rudrams + 1 Chamakam = 11 Rudrams = 1 Round (about 6 hrs)
6. 11 such rounds = 121 Rudrams = 1 Rudra Ekadashini (say 11 days)
7. 11 Ekadashinis = 1331 Rudrams = 1 Maha Rudra (about 4 months)
8. 11 Maharudras = 14,441 Rudrams = 1 Ati Rudra (about 4 years)
"A devotee may select any of these and do it as his Upasana. The fruit or Phala of this Upasana is listed in the next Mantram – see the translation."
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Next
Mantram - 26 : The Fruits of Kaivalya
To be continued
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