KENA UPANISHAD “Know That Alone as Brahman”: 13. Swami Tejomayananda.

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Wednesday 09, April 2025, 11:50.
KENA UPANISHAD  
Subtlety of “KNOWING” Brahman 
Chapter 3, 12 Mantras
An Illustrative STORY
THE HUMILIATION OF THE GOD

Mantram - 3.1: The Cause of All Pride

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Chapter 3, 12 Mantras 

An Illustrative STORY 

THE HUMILIATION OF THE GOD

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THE STORY BELOW ILLUSTRATES how the sense of ‘Doership’ in us steals away our  natural state of humility and fills us with a false pride. In the story, which is about a battle which the Gods won over the Demons (Devas vs Asuras), the strange thing is that it is the Gods who became filled with pride over their victory. They did not credit their victory to the Lord but ‘stole’ all the glory for themselves.

To teach them a lesson, the Lord, who is the Supreme Controller of every thought and action of ours, brought about an incident which humiliated the Gods, killed their pride and restored them to their divine status. 

The Rishi writes it in very concise terms, which in its own way brings out the subtle  humour of the events. Were it a Purana, the story would have run into 20-30 pages as every frown and feeling would have been included. Here, in the briefest manner, leaving much to be added by our own imagination, the Rishi presents his richly entertaining story. 

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Mantram - 3.1: The Cause of All Pride

0 The Preceptor said: 

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brahma ha devebhyah vijigye; = Brahman once won a victory for the Gods.

tasya ha brahmanah vijaye = That victory certainly belonged to Brahman. 

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devaah amaheeyanta, te aikshanta = But the Gods became elated and thought:

asmaakam eva ayam vijayah, = “To us belongs this victory, 

asmaakam eva ayam mahimaa iti. = to us belongs all the glory and greatness.” 

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Next

Mantram - 3.2: The Lord Appears as a “Spirit” 

Continued

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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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