TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 43. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Friday, 01 Dec 2023. 06:30.

“PANKTI” UPASANAS"

Part-1.

Chapter-11.

Mantram - 8: The Concluding Exhortation

Post-43.

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Mantram - 8: The Concluding Exhortation

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eshah aadeshah; = This is the Command;

eshah upadeshah; = This is the teaching;

eshaa vedopanishat; = This is the secret of the Vedas;

etat anushaasanam; = This commandment is to be observed;

evam upaasitavyam; = In this way you should live;

evam u cha etat upaasitavyam = In this way, verily, you should act.

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Twelve years of teaching and learning have been condensed into this Anuvaka. Now 

we have come to the concluding part of these essential teachings. This verse gives the spirit 

of the whole Convocation Address. There is no room for ambiguity in it. Every word is 

measured precise, clear and to the point.


The Convocation Address concludes formally with these six statements of truth, 

briefly expressed. What we have learnt in this Anuvaka is both a command and a teaching. 

Vedopanishat: 

It is the “secret teaching of the Vedas”. The Vedas are very vast. 

‘Upanishad’ is translated as “secret teaching” rather than its usual “cream of the teaching”. 

The Acharya has kindly condensed the Vedas into these few important instructions which 

can be remembered for life.

Anushaasanam: 

this is similar to ‘Adesha’. In order to differentiate it from ‘Adesha’ 

here, the meaning given is “the Behest of God”, a “commandment” rather than “command”, 

i.e. it is a command coming from God. It can also be taken to mean the “final summary” of 

all the authorities put together, i.e. a summation of all the instructions. 

Upaasitavyam: 

“this is how we should live”. And living thus, shall we divinize our 

lives and take it to the pinnacle of perfection in this birth itself. 

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Next

UTTARA SHANTI PAATH

Anuvaka 1.12

Concluding Peace Chant 

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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