PRASHNA UPANISHAD - 27. - Rishi Pippalada.

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#6 Questions, 67 Mantras : “Questions from Disciples Answered”

##BHARGAVA’S QUESTION : 

Query No 2:

“The Supremacy of Power”

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Sunday, 28 May, 2023. 07:30.

Mantram - 2.12 Prayer to Prana – 1 

Post-27.

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Mantram - 2.12 Prayer to Prana – 1 

1 

Yaa te tanooh vaachi pratishthitaa  =  That aspect of Yours which abides in 

yaa shrotre, yaa cha chakshushi;  = speech, in the ear and in the eye;

2 

yaa cha manasi santataa  =  which prevails in the mind,

shivaam   =   making them all auspicious;

3 

taam kuru maa utkrameeh.   =  please do not desert them!

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1 

Tanooh: 

“bodies”. This verse appears confusing if ‘bodies’ is not understood 

correctly. Here, the word does not refer to the whole human body, but to the individual 

‘bodies’ of the sense organs and the mind. Hence it can be translated as “aspects”. It is as if 

the individual sense organs and the mind are little beings in themselves having their own 

bodies. This idea was first established in verse 2.4, and has continued ever since.

2 

These individual ‘bodies’ are making an appeal directly to their Master, the 

universal Prana, whose obedient servants they are. They have for some reason by-passed 

the ego-consciousness and are addressing their appeal directly to Prana for auspiciousness 

to prevail in them. One senses that somehow they seem to know that the Ego is not 

concerned of their real welfare and so they need to go directly to Prana. 

They know that in the hands of the Ego, they are being ill-treated and misused for 

things they are not supposed to do. The Ego is creating a lot of mischief with them, and so 

they send out an S.O.S. to their Master to stop this from happening. When used properly, 

they know that they can perform all their functions much better.

What a broad vision the Rishi has of the senses and the mind!

3 

These words, “Please do not abandon them!” are uttered in anguish, reflecting 

their plight of being misused. 

Have we ever thought of putting ourselves in their shoes to understand how painful it 

must be for them to live under the tyranny of a deluded ego! The very thought sends us into 

complete detachment from the ego-consciousness.

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Mantram - 2.13 Prayer to Prana – 2 

To be continued

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