Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

20/12/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Mantram : 5. "Trishu dhamashu yad-bhojyam bhokta yas-ca prakirtitah vedai-tad-ubhayam yashtu sa bhunjano na lipyate." trishu dhamashu - in the three planes of consciousness; yat bhojyam - that (which is) to be enjoyed; bhokta - the enjoyer; ca - and; yah prakirtitah - that who is known; veda - knows; ubhayam etat - both of them; yah - who; tu - indeed; sah - that (person); bhunjanah - while enjoying; na - not; lipyate - affected. " One who knows both the experiencer and the experienced, just as they have been described so far, as associating with the three states of consciousness, he is not at all affected even when he is experiencing (enjoying) the respective objects of the three states." Discussion-2. To point out the Infinite with finite examples is, indeed, a futile effort and s...

24/11/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Mantram : 5. "Trishu dhamashu yad-bhojyam bhokta yas-ca prakirtitah vedai-tad-ubhayam yashtu sa bhunjano na lipyate." trishu dhamashu - in the three planes of consciousness; yat bhojyam - that (which is) to be enjoyed; bhokta - the enjoyer; ca - and; yah prakirtitah - that who is known; veda - knows; ubhayam etat - both of them; yah - who; tu - indeed; sah - that (person); bhunjanah - while enjoying; na - not; lipyate - affected. " One who knows both the experiencer and the experienced, just as they have been described so far, as associating with the three states of consciousness, he is not at all affected even when he is experiencing (enjoying) the respective objects of the three states." Discussion-1. 1.1 Here we should not understand that a mere intellectual grasp of the three e...

01/11/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Mantram-s : 3 and 4. 3. Visvo hi sthula-bhuk-nityam taijasah pravivikta-bhuk, ananda-bhuk-tatha prajnas tridha bhogam nibodhata. visvah hi = visva indeed (is); sthula bhuk = experiencer of the gross; nityam = constant; taijasah = taijasa; pravivikta bhuk = experiencer of the subtle; ananda bhuk = experiencer of the bliss; tatha = and; prajnah = prajna (is); tridha = three fold; bhogam = the experience; nibhodhata = know. "Know these to be the three - fold experiences; Visva always experiences the gross sense - objects, Taijasa enjoys the subtle world of objects and prajna the blissful." 4. Sthulam tarpayate visvam praviviktam tu taijasam, anandas-ca tatha prajnam tridha trptim triptim nibodhata. sthulam tarpayate = the gross objects satisfy; visvam = visva; praviviktam = the subtle; tu ...

14/10/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-2. "Daksinaksjasahi-mukhe visvo manasy-antastu taijasah, akase ca hrdi prajnas-tridha dehe vyavasthitah." daksina aksi mukke - ( is in the  ) right eye; visvah - visva; antah manasi - ( is ) within the mind; tu - whereas; taijasah - taijasa; akase hrdi - ( is in the ) space within the heart; ca prajnah - and prajna; tridha - in three different ways; dehe - in the body; vyvasthitah - ( is ) placed. "Visva works from the right eye, Taijasa from the mind, and Prajna from the heart-space. Thus, the one Self is conceived as working from the three headquarters as three distinct entities." Discussion-5. If the poison in a serpent is not killing the serpent, it is because it is well protected and kept in the sacks called the fangs; it is syringed out only where the serpent's teeth ha...

25/09/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-2. "Daksinaksjasahi-mukhe visvo manasy-antastu taijasah, akase ca hrdi prajnas-tridha dehe vyavasthitah." daksina aksi mukke - ( is in the  ) right eye; visvah - visva; antah manasi - ( is ) within the mind; tu - whereas; taijasah - taijasa; akase hrdi - ( is in the ) space within the heart; ca prajnah - and prajna; tridha - in three different ways; dehe - in the body; vyvasthitah - ( is ) placed. "Visva works from the right eye, Taijasa from the mind, and Prajna from the heart-space. Thus, the one Self is conceived as working from the three headquarters as three distinct entities." Discussion-4. This is an instance where modern biologists get shocked by the seemingly false statements made by the great RISHI-S. But they must understand that the RISHI-S of Ancient were not, in...

04/09/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-2. "Daksinaksjasahi-mukhe visvo manasy-antastu taijasah, akase ca hrdi prajnas-tridha dehe vyavasthitah." daksina aksi mukke - ( is in the  ) right eye; visvah - visva; antah manasi - ( is ) within the mind; tu - whereas; taijasah - taijasa; akase hrdi - ( is in the ) space within the heart; ca prajnah - and prajna; tridha - in three different ways; dehe - in the body; vyvasthitah - ( is ) placed. "Visva works from the right eye, Taijasa from the mind, and Prajna from the heart-space. Thus, the one Self is conceived as working from the three headquarters as three distinct entities." Discussion-3. *Of the two eyes, if we try to make a comparative study, we shall find  - - and the options would vouch for it - - that the right eye is more powerful than the left eye. When any o...

26/08/2018 2. Ten Upanishads are the foundation. These ten are: the Isavasya Upanishad, the Kena Upanishad, the Katha Upanishad, the Prasna Upanishad, the Mundaka Upanishad, the Mandukya Upanishad, the Taittiriya Upanishad, the Aitareya Upanishad, the Chhandogya Upanishad and the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. This is the usual sequence in which these ten important Upanishads are traditionally recounted, but modern scholars have a different sequence. They consider the oldest as the best and the later ones as less important. Western scholars, especially, have introduced this new system of placing the Upanishads in a novel order, or sequence, considering the prose Upanishads as older and the versified ones as later. The thoughts of these so-called older ones are supposed to be more foundational and determinative than the later ones. Whatever it be, this aspect of the matter is not important for us. What is of consequence is that all the ten Upanishads are very important for some reason...

03/08/2018 1. We were touching upon the subject of the Upanishads. I made reference to the Veda Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and the Upanishads being the section-wise classification of the Vedic lore. There are supposed to be more than 1,000 editions or versions of the Vedas, with slight differences of words or letters in varying cases. If there are more than 1,000 such versions – we are told in this context that each version has its own Upanishad, so theoretically at least, traditionally, the information that has come to us is that there are more than 1,000 Upanishads – we do not find them; they are not extistent. What is available to us is only a group of about 108 Upanishads, or two or three more. 108 Upanishads are prominent and very well known. One of the Upanishads, which is known as the Muktikopanishad, gives a section-wise list of these 108 Upanishads; but ten of them are the most important. The philosophically important Upanishads are ten out of the 108 ...

03/08/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-2. "Daksinaksjasahi-mukhe visvo manasy-antastu taijasah, akase ca hrdi prajnas-tridha dehe vyavasthitah." daksina aksi mukke - ( is in the  ) right eye; visvah - visva; antah manasi - ( is ) within the mind; tu - whereas; taijasah - taijasa; akase hrdi - ( is in the ) space within the heart; ca prajnah - and prajna; tridha - in three different ways; dehe - in the body; vyvasthitah - ( is ) placed. "Visva works from the right eye, Taijasa from the mind, and Prajna from the heart-space. Thus, the one Self is conceived as working from the three headquarters as three distinct entities." Discussion-2. * Fulfilling his functions as a glosser, Goudapada is giving us an additional detail about the fields of activity of the individual egos, in the three planes of Consciousness for purpose...

10/07/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-2. "Daksinaksjasahi-mukhe visvo manasy-antastu taijasah, akase ca hrdi prajnas-tridha dehe vyavasthitah." daksina aksi mukke - ( is in the  ) right eye; visvah - visva; antah manasi - ( is ) within the mind; tu - whereas; taijasah - taijasa; akase hrdi - ( is in the ) space within the heart; ca prajnah - and prajna; tridha - in three different ways; dehe - in the body; vyvasthitah - ( is ) placed. "Visva works from the right eye, Taijasa from the mind, and Prajna from the heart-space. Thus, the one Self is conceived as working from the three headquarters as three distinct entities." Discussion-1. These is no direct evidence of expression in the Mandukya Upanishad regarding the seat of activity af the three egos in the three states in our consciousness. Gaudapada in the Karika is ...

13/06/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-1. "Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah." bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. SUM of Slokam : Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognizes the internal, the subtle bodies ( the Dreamer ). Prajna is he, who is a mass of consciousness. He is one alone w...

28/05/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. SUM of Mantram : Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognizes the internal, the subtle bodies ( the Dreamer ). Prajna is he, who is a mass of consciousness. He is one alone who is thu...

20/05/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. SUM of Mantram : Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognizes the internal, the subtle bodies ( the Dreamer ). Prajna is he, who is a mass of consciousness. He is one alone who is thus k...

11/05/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. SUM of Mantram : - Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognates the internal, the subtle bodies ( the Dreamer ). Prajna is he, who is a mass of consciousness. He is one alone who is th...

28/04/2018 ********* Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. ************** Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. *********************************** bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. ******************* SUM of Mantram : ******* Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognates the internal, the subtle bodies ( the D...

08/04/2018 ********* Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. ************** Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. *********************************** bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. ******************* SUM of Mantram : ******* Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognizes the internal, the subtle bodies ( the D...

 22/03/2018 Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognizes the internal, the subtle bodies ( the Dreamer ). Prajna is he, who is a mass of consciousness. He is one alone who is thus known as three, in the three different planes of conscio...

12/03/2018 ******** MANDUKYA UPANISHAD *********************** Chapter-1. ******** AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) ************************ Mantram-6. ********** Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam. ************************************** word by meaning : - ***************** esah - this one; sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all; easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient; esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower; easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source; sarvasya - of all; prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution; hi - verily; bhutanam - of all beings. ********************* The sum of Mantram : - "This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all. And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves." ****************************************************************************...

02/03/2018 MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-6. ************************************** Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam. ************************************** word by meaning : - ********************** esah - this one; sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all; easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient; esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower; easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source; sarvasya - of all; prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution; hi - verily; bhutanam - of all beings. ********************* The sum of Mantram : - "This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all. And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves." ******************************************************************************* Discussion-3. ********** I...

20/02/2018 MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-6. ************************************** Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam. ************************************** word by meaning : - ********************** esah - this one; sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all; easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient; esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower; easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source; sarvasya - of all; prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution; hi - verily; bhutanam - of all beings. ********************* The sum of Mantram : - "This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all. And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves." ******************************************************************************* Discussion-2. ********** 2.1...

 UPANISHAD MANDUKYA: Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-6, Discussion-1. 11/02/2018 MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-6. ************************************** Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam. ************************************** word by meaning : - ********************** esah - this one; sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all; easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient; esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower; easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source; sarvasya - of all; prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution; hi - verily; bhutanam - of all beings. ********************* The sum of Mantram : - "This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all. And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves....

04/02/2018 MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-5 ***************************** Yatra  supto  na  kascana kamam  kamayate, na  kascana  svapanam  pasyati,  tat  susuptam, susupta-sthana  ekibhutah  prajnana-ghana eva-nandamayo  hyananda-bhuk  ceto- prajnah  trtiyah  padah. ***************************** word by meaning : - yatra = where; suptah = self-ignorant; na = not; ekona  vimsati  mukhah = has nineteen mouths; kascana  kamam = any  external  objects; kamayate = desires; na = does  not; kascana  svapnam = any  dream; pasyat = sees; tat = that; susuptam = is the deep-sleep  state; susupta  sthanah = whose  fieldis  the  deep-sleep  state; ekibhutah = unified; prajnana  ghanah  eva = mass of mere consciousness; ananda-mayah = full ...

26/01/2018 MANDUKYA UPANISHAD Chapter-1. AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-5 ***************************** Yatra  supto  na  kascana kamam  kamayate, na  kascana  svapanam  pasyati,  tat  susuptam, susupta-sthana  ekibhutah  prajnana-ghana eva-nandamayo  hyananda-bhuk  ceto- prajnah  trtiyah  padah. ***************************** word by meaning : - yatra = where; suptah = self-ignorant; na = not; ekona  vimsati  mukhah = has nineteen mouths; kascana  kamam = any  external  objects; kamayate = desires; na = does  not; kascana  svapnam = any  dream; pasyat = sees; tat = that; susuptam = is the deep-sleep  state; susupta  sthanah = whose  fieldis  the  deep-sleep  state; ekibhutah = unified; prajnana  ghanah  eva = mass of mere consciousness; ananda-mayah = full ...