TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 16. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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PART 1:  Chapters : 12.

Chapter - "pramaa aayantu brahmachaarinah swaahaa;"-1.On the Science of Pronunciation etc.

Section-5.The mystic expression'Mahah'       

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Friday, November 18, 2022. 07:00.

Mantram-2.

Post-16.

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Mantram - 1.5:2: Upasana 1 – On the Worlds with Translation :

5 

bhuh iti vai ayam lokah;   =  Bhuh is – THIS WORLD (the Earth);

bhuvah iti antariksham;    =  Bhuvah is the – SKY (the interspatial region);

suvah iti asau lokah;      =  Suvah is the – NEXT WORLD (Heavenly worlds);

maha iti aadityah;         =  Mahah is the – SUN (represents their Substratum);

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6

aadityena vaava sarve      = It is by the SUN that all 

lokaah maheeyante          = the worlds are nourished.

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Commentary :

5-6 The Sun represents the “region” that is beyond the other three worlds. This is to 

be understood as being the Reality, Brahman, who pervades all of the other three regions. It 

is their support or Substratum. Without the Reality, the other worlds cannot exist.

The Upasaka or meditator concentrates his mind first on the Earth, which represents 

the Gross plane of existence. Then he shifts his attention to the intermediate Subtle plane, 

the realm of the mind, intellect and the senses. Then he shifts his focus to the Causal plane 

from which both the gross and the subtle arise. Finally, he is able to conceive of the

“Fourth” world from which all the previous three arise. This is the Upasana or exercise. 

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To be continued

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