TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 88. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Tuesday 27, May 2025, 11:20. 
TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD   Pertaining to the SELF-CREATION of Brahman there is a Shruti Mantram… Upanishad Part-2. 
ABHAYA PRATISHTHAA  
BRAHMAANANDA MEEMAAMSAA 
Anuvaka 2.8 A Measure of “Relative Joy” 
Mantram-2.8.6 v) The ‘Joy’ of Devas born in Devalokam
Post-88.

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Mantram-2.8.6 v) The ‘Joy’ of Devas born in Devalokam:

7. 

te ye shatam pitrnaam- = If one multiplies a hundred times  

chiralokalok-aanaam aanandaah= this one unit of the bliss of Ancestors

sah ekah aajaanaj- = it becomes one unit of the  

aanaam aanandah, = bliss of Devas born in Devaloka. 

shrotriyasya = It is the same for one well versed in the Vedas,  

cha akaama hatasya.= and free from desires. 

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Mantram - 2.8.7:  vi) The ‘Joy’ of the Karma Devas
8.

te ye shatam aajaanaj-aanaam = If one multiplies a hundred times  

devaanaam aanandaah,= this one unit of bliss of Devas born in Devaloka

sah ekah karma-devaanaam = it becomes one unit of the  

devaanaam aanandah; = bliss of the Karma-Devas of the Devas, 

ye karmanaa devaan api yanti. = who have become so by their special Karma. 

shrotriyasya = It is the same for one well versed in the Vedas,  

cha akaama hatasya. = and free from desires. 

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Mantram - 2.8.8:  vii) The ‘Joy’ of the Ministerial Gods (33 “Office Bearers”) 
9. 

te ye shatam karma-devaanaam = If one multiplies a hundred times  

devaanaam-aanandaah = this one unit of the Karma-Devas of the Devas, 

sah ekah devaanaam- = it becomes one unit of the  

aanandah; = bliss of the Ministerial Devas (33 in number); 

shrotriyasya = It is the same for one well versed in the Vedas,  

cha akaama hatasya.  = and free from desires. 

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Mantram- 2.8.9: viii) The ‘Joy’ of Indra, Prime Minister among Gods 

10. 

te ye shatam = If one multiplies a hundred times  

devaanaam aanandaah = this one unit of the Ministerial Devas, 

sah ekah = it becomes one unit of the  

indrasya aanandah; = bliss of Indra, their Prime Minister. 

shrotriyasya = It is the same for one well versed in the Vedas,  

cha akaama hatasya. = and free from desires. 

Indra is the Lord of the Heavens. Under him are the Ministerial Devas. 

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Mantram - 2.8.10: ix) The ‘Joy’ of Brihaspati, the Guru of Indra 

11. 

te ye shatam = If one multiplies a hundred times  

indrasya aanandaah = this one unit of the bliss of Indra, the Prime Minister,  

sah ekah = it becomes one unit of the  

brihaspater aanandah. = bliss of Brihaspatih, the Guru of Indra. 

shrotriyasya = It is the same for one well versed in the Vedas,    

cha akaama hatasya. = and free from desire.

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Mantram - 2.8.11:  x) The ‘Joy’ of Prajapati (Virat, Lord of Gross Creation) 

12. 

te ye shatam = If one multiplies a hundred times  

brihaspateh aanandaah = this one unit of the bliss of Brihaspatih,  

sah ekah = it becomes one unit of the  

prajaapateh aanandah; = bliss of Prajapatih, the Lord of Gross Creation; 

shrotriyasya = It is the same for one well versed in the Vedas,  

cha akaama hatasya. = and free from desires. 

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 Mantram - 2.8.12:  xi) The ‘Joy’ of Brahmaji (Ishwara, Lord of Causal Creation) 

13. 

te ye shatam = If one multiplies a hundred times  

prajaapateh aanandaah = this unit of the bliss of Prajapati,  

sah ekah = it becomes one unit of the  

brahmanah aanandah; = bliss of Brahmaji (Ishwara, Lord of Causal creation); 

shrotriyasya = It is the same for one well versed in the Vedas,  

cha akaama hatasya. = and free from desires. 

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Here ends the “Brahmananda Meemamsam”, a measure of Relative ‘Joy’. The 

Bhashya concludes with this eye-opening evaluation with the following words, which may 

come to us as a revelation: 

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THE SUPREME, INFINITE BLISS OF THE SELF: 

 “The Joy of Brahmaji and all the others is a particle of that Supreme Bliss that is 

natural in Brahman Himself. From the ocean of this infinite Bliss of the Self, the relative Joys 

experienced from the human king up to Brahmaji are like the ‘spray of the ocean’, which 

merges back into the ocean. 

“In the infinite Bliss there is no division of the Bliss and the enjoyer of the Bliss, since It is non-dual.”

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Next
Bhashya F: 
THE MAHAVAKYA OF THIS UPANISHAD Coverage: Mantras From 2.8.13 to 2.9.1.
Continued

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

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