Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

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...