PRASHNA UPANISHAD.8 - Rishi Pippalada

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#6 Questions, 67 Mantras : “Questions from Disciples Answered”

##KABANDHI’S QUESTION : Query No 1: “Matter & Energy”

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Monday, August 08, 2022. 06:30. 

Mantram - 1.8 Sruti Quotation: “The Sun That Rises”

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Mantram :

"Vishwaroopam harinam jaatavedasam paraayanam jyotir-ekam tapantam;

sahas-rashmih shatadhaa vartamaanah praanah prajaanaam udayati eshah sooryah."

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Translation :

1 Vishwaroopam harinam jaatavedasam = “Possessed of all forms, resplendent full of rays, endowed with enlightenment,

2 paraayanam jyotir-ekam tapantam;  =  the resort of all, the one Light (Eye), the radiator of heat,

3 sahas-rashmih shatadhaa vartamaanah = possessed of a thousand-rays, residing in a hundred (many) forms, 

4 praanah prajaanaam udayati eshah sooryah. = the life of all creatures – That is the Sun that rises!”

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Commentary :

A quotation from another part of the Vedas, the Rig Veda, is given by the teacher to add authority to what he has just explained to them.

1-7 The Rising Sun: 

The resemblance to the previous mantram is very distinct and needs 
no further explanation. The verse is uttered by knowers who have had the vision that is described in it. As we have already explained above, this is an interim vision of God, not the Absolute one of the non-dual, ultimate Reality.

Guruji explained this with an analogy: 

A rich man was showing a Mahatma around his property. He pointed out the full extent of his huge estate, which ran into several hundreds of hectares. 

Then he came to his bungalow which he said was his home. 

The Mahatma looked curiously at the rich man and said, “You have all this vast land; yet why do you call only this bungalow as your home?” 

The point is that the bungalow represents one’s narrow individuality, whilst the whole estate represents universality – of course, only in the eyes of the rich man. To a sage, universality is the whole vast universe, let alone an estate!

It is our narrow vision that restricts us to our mind-made limitations which don’t really exist. 

The Sun is the inspiring symbol of a vision beyond them.

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Next -
UPASANAS ON PRAJAPATI (TIME)
Mantram - 1.9 The Southern Path of “Return”
To be continued ....

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