TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 27. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Wedneday, May 03, 2023. 08:25.

“PANKTI” UPASANAS

Part-1.

Chapter -7.

The Culture of “Fives”

Post-27.

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Mantram -  1.7.1: “Pankti” – the External World Groupings

1. 

prithivee, antariksham, dyauh,   =  i) The earth, interspace, heavens,

dishah, avaantara-dishaah;  =  main quarter and intermediate quarters;

2. 

agnih, vaayuh, aadityah,   =  ii) Fire, air, sun,

chandramaah, nakshatraani;  =  moon and stars;

3. 

aapah, oshadhayah, vanaspatayah,   =  iii) Waters, herbs, forest,

aakaashah, aatmaa;  =   space and Self –

4. 

iti adhibhootam   =  Thus is described all the External Things.

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Mantram -  1.7.2: “Pankti” – the Internal World Groupings

5. 

atha adhyaatmam; Now,   =  in respect of the Embodied Soul.

6. 

praanah, vyaanah, apaanah, =  i) Prana, Vyana, Apana, 

udaanah, samaanah;   =    Udana and Samana;

7. 

chakshuh, shrotram, manah,  =  ii) Eyes, ears, mind, 

vaak, tvak;  =  speech and touch;

8. 

charma, maagmsagm,   =  iii) Skin, flesh, 

snaavaa, asthi, majja  =   muscles, bones and marrow.

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Mantram -  1.7.3: Pairing Up the External & the Internal

9. 

etat adhividhaaya rishih avochat;   =  After analyzing these, the seer said:

10. 

paanktam vai idagm sarvam; “  =  All this is Pentadic or fivefold;

11. 

paankten eva paanktagm sprinoti iti.   =  One set of “Fives” sustains another of “Fives”

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PAIRING UP the EXTERNAL with INTERNAL Worlds

GROUPINGS :

EXTERNAL  - INTERNAL

i) ADHILAUKIKA - The Worlds

1 Earth -Apana

2 Interspace - Vyana

3 Heavens - Prana

4 Main Quarter - Samana 

5 Intermed Qtrs - Udana

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ii) ADHIDAIVIKA - The Devatas

1 Fire - Speech, 

2 Air  - Ears, 

3 Sun - Eyes, 

4 Moon -  Mind, 

5 Stars - Touch

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iii) ADHIBHAUTIKA  - The Elements :

1 Waters - Muscles

2 Herbs - Flesh

3 Forest - Bones 

4 Space - Skin

5 Self - Marrow

By practising these Upasanas, the purpose is to break our egoism. Materialism props 

up egoism. However, by associating each group in the external world with its counterpart in 

the internal world, the Upasana has the effect of exposing the unreality of the ego-sense.

We are united to all creation as indicated by these groupings. Where is there place 

for one’s individuality to assert itself?

By instilling the ideas of reverence and respect for the world outside, the Rishis 

aimed to strengthen the younger generation early in life against the onslaughts of diabolical 

cultural forces within the community. Pujya Gurudev devised his own set of “five D’s” to

describe this: “Depravity, Disintegration, Devilry and Diabolic Decadence!”

The subjective world within is a counterpart of the objective world without. This 

vision of experiencing the outer to be as sacred and holy as the inner is the great gift of the 

ancient Rishis to the world of any age. 

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Next
PRANAVA (“OM”) UPASANA
chapter-1.
Mantras-8.
Meditaion on OM.
To be continued

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