KAIVALYA UPANISHAD : 18. Swami Advaitananda.

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From the Atharva Veda (26 Mantras) : “The HOMOGENEITY of Brahman”

5. OUR SPIRITUAL ROOTS :

Mantras : 15-19, 5 no.

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Sunday, Decembber 25, 2022. 06:30. 

Mantram - 18: The Experienced & Experience also Brahman

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Mantram - 18: The Experienced & Experience also Brahman

With Translation :

23 trishu dhaamasu, yad-bhogyam, = In all the three realms (waking, dream and deep sleep), that which is enjoyed,

24 bhoktaa bhogashcha yad-bhavet; = the enjoyer and the enjoyment –

25 tebhyo vilakshana saakshee, = I am different from them all, I am their Witness,

26 chinmaatrah aham sadaa-shivah. = the Pure Consciousness, I am Ever-auspicious.

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

23-24 Firstly, we note that the triad of the previous verse (experiencer, experienced 

and experience) has been changed to enjoyer, enjoyed and enjoyment. They are intended to 

mean the same thing. Hence we may continue to use the former terms. 

25-26 Then comes a strange twist in the argument. We have just seen in the 

previous verse that the experiencer as Consciousness illumines the experience, and is 

Brahman. How do we reconcile that to what this verse tells us – that none of the triad 

(experiencer, experienced and experience) is Me, i.e. Brahman, but I am their Witness? 

Besides, from “Brahman is Consciousness” we now have a slight change to “Brahman is Pure 

Consciousness”. What is the reason for this change in definition?

Some very significant gap in the logic has still not been taken into account. There is 

an important piece of the jigsaw puzzle still missing. We do have most of the facts but not 

enough to hazard a guess:

Mantram - 15: Brahman is the Material Cause.

Mantram - 16: Brahman is the Efficient Cause.

Mantram -  17: Brahman is Consciousness and the Experiencer.

Mantram - 18: Brahman is the Witness of the three states, and Pure Consciousness, and is 

not the triad.

What could be the solution to this riddle? How am I related to Brahman?

In the next mantram, the Rishi gives us the most important piece of the jigsaw puzzle –

the piece that makes everything else fit into place in a neat complete picture… 

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Next-
Mantram - 19: Brahman is Non-Dual
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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