TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 26. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Saturday, April 22, 2023. 06:25.

“PANKTI” UPASANAS

Part-1.

Chapter -7.

The Culture of “Fives”

Post-26.

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PANKTI IS DERIVED FROM the word ‘Pancha’, meaning “five”. The word Pankti is a 

name given to a Vedic poetic meter with five Padas, each made up of five syllables. The 

Padas are like the “feet” or steps by which the meter moves forward, and the syllables are 

like the five toes of each foot. It is a commonly used meter, and sounds very sweet when 

sung. The lines of this Anuvaka itself are set in the Pankti meter.

Based on the number “Five”, we have another set of Upasanas; hence the name 

“Pankti Upasanas”. The aim of these Upasanas is to provide yet another method by which 

the student is able to connect the inner world to the outer world, since both are arranged in 

groups of five. It also connects to the Panchagni Yajna, which is also five in number.

The six sets of five presented here are divided into two groups: 

There are three sets :

of five for the External World in mantram 1.7.1; 

and three sets of five for the Internal World in mantram 1.7.2. 

The external group is called Adhibhootam; the internal group is Adhyatmam. 

The three sets of five in each group may be further classified under the following three heads: 

i) the Adhilaukika, pertaining to the worlds; 

ii) the Adhidaivika, pertaining to the gods; and 

iii) the Adhibhautika, pertaining to the elements.

The student is shown that there exists a relationship between the external and the 

internal. The three “Fives” of the external world correspond respectively with the three 

“Fives” of the internal world. The student is expected to ponder over this relationship and 

satisfy himself of the link. To the student who takes the trouble to do this, the study

becomes a very useful indicator of the Truth: “Unity behind the Diversity in Creation”.

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Next
Mantram -  1.7.1: “Pankti” – the External World Groupings
Mantram -  1.7.2: “Pankti” – the Internal World Groupings
Mantram -  1.7.3: Pairing Up the External & the Internal 
T0 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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