KATHA UPANISHAD : 2.Swami Advayananda

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Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayananda ji Acharyaji, 15th Batch Vedanta Course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai July 17th – September 29th, 2012.

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Adi Shankaracharya, Swami Sivananda, Swami Tapovanji, Swami Chinmayananda.

SERVE  LOVE  GIVE  PURIFY  MEDITATE  REALISE

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Friday, March 18, 2022, 20:00

(Parts 1 & 2) : 

Part 1 – Total 71 Verses

Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3.

Chapter 1.1: (29 verses) : 

 (“A Leap Into the Beyond”) : 

Bhashyam by Sri Swami Adi Shankaracharya ji.

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THE STORY OF NACHIKETAS.


THIS IS THE AMAZING story of a little boy, barely ten years old, who is sent in anger by his father to the world of Lord Yama. There the boy meets Death face to face, spurns all his tempting offers of pleasures and temporal power, and extracts from him the boon of knowledge of the Self. Young as he is, the boy exhibits the highest Mumukshutva and Vairagya – i.e. an intense longing to see God and dispassion for all worldly pleasures.

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Mantram 1.1.1: The Sacrifice of Nachiketas’ Father


1 Ushan ha vai vajashravasah 
2 sarva-vedasam dadau;
3 tasya ha nachiketah nama putrah asa. 

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Translation :


1 Ushan ha vai vajashravasah                = Desirous of heavenly rewards, the son of 

a Vajashrava,

2 sarva-vedasam dadau;                          = that is, of one who gave away all that he 

possessed,

3 tasya ha nachiketah nama putrah asa. = to him was born a son named 

Nachiketas.

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Comments :


3 The father of Nachiketas was a man called Gautama.

1-2 Gautama’s father was a Vajasrava, or one who had become famous for his distribution of food in charity. Was it a case of ‘like father, like son’? Well, we shall see. Gautama wished to perform a sacrifice called Vishwajit, meaning “Victory over the whole universe”. The performer aims to gain the fruit of going to a higher world and enjoying the pleasures there. One of the rules for this sacrifice is to be a Vajasrava, a ‘Giver’.

End.

Next : 1.1.2: Time for Gifts For the Priests.

To be continued .....


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

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