KATHA UPANISHAD - 46. Swami Advayananda.

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Wednesday, 03 Jan 2024 07:20.

Chapter 1. Section - 2: (25 Mantras): THE CHOICE:

Mantram - 17: A Eulogy of “Om”

Post - 46.

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1.2.17: A Eulogy of “Om”

1 Etat aalambanam shreshtham  =  This (Om) is the best symbol;

2 etat aalambanam param;  =  This (Om) is the symbol for the highest;

3 etat aalambanam jnaatvaa  =  This (Om) is the symbol worth knowing;

4 brahma-loke maheeyate.  =  For he comes to be adored in the world of Brahma.

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1-3 

Like most scriptures, the thing that is taken up under discussion is always praised 

as the best. This is done so as to instill the right faith in the mind of the student. He has to 

feel that what he is going to engage himself in is going to bring him the results promised 

most efficiently. Therefore, in this verse OM is given that supreme status.

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Not only is the symbol praised, but it is also said here that one who does the 

worship of OM becomes worthy to be adored by all who are familiar with anything to do 

with the spiritual realm. Among devotees, the worshippers engaged in OM Upasana are 

recognized to be genuine seekers working towards their legitimate goal. There is a stamp of 

approval given to them through this verse. This is an important factor in ensuring that a 

person begins this worship with full confidence that the goal will be reached; that the 

reward will be received; that the effort will end in success.

SAANKHYA YOGA (as in Bhagavad Geeta)

The following two slogas have been copied into the Bhagavad Geeta under

“Saankhya Yoga” in Discourse 2. They fit well in the context of the Mahabharata war.

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Next

1.2.18: The Yoga of the Self

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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