UPANISHAD MANDUKYA: Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-6, Discussion-3.

02/03/2018

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD

Chapter-1.

AGAMA PRAKARANA"
( The Scriptural Treatise )

Mantram-6.
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Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa
yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam.
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word by meaning : -
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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.
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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."
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Discussion-3.
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In his deep-sleep-state, the Consciousness in us all gathers together, illuminating nothing in particular except a condition of continuous negativity as described here by the Master with the tem the "Lord of all" ( Sarveswara ). In fact, it is the "Lord of all" because, if this Consciousnesswere not there, none od us could have been vital sentient beings, that we are.

Similarly, Consciousness is also descibed as the "Knower of all," because the knowledge of the waking-state-world or the dream-state-world, or even the deep-sleep-state, would not have been ours but for the fact that this illuminating principle, this 'Divine Spark of Life' this 'Pure Light' was ever vibrant within us. The expression that he is, "the Controller Within" is amply Self-evident.

The Consciousness in us is certainly thw womb of all things, because, if Consciousness were not in us, neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor the entire world of objects nor the world of ideas would have been existent.

They have a look of existence only with reference to our capacity to be aware of them.

To say, "man has got a pair of horns, but only that we are not aware of them." is equivalent to saying that the man has no horns or human horns are not existent.

If Consciousness is not in us, the entirev world of objects will be non-existent as the pair of horns on any one of us.

To be continued ...