TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 35. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Thursday, 24 Aug 2023. 06:30.

“PANKTI” UPASANAS

Part-1.

Chapter-1.11.

SHISHYA-ANUSHAASANAM

The Convocation Addres

Post-35.

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Anuvaka 1.11

The Convocation Addres

THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED in this concluding Anuvaka can be thought of as a:


Convocation Address by the Acharya to the students who are about to return home after 12 

intense years of study at the Gurukula. It is the last day of school, a historic day in the life of:


 the Gurukula children. They go home taking this message from their Acharyaji.

The children had come there at the age of six years, and are now young men 18 years of age, about to launch into active work in their respective homes and then start their own families. This is golden advice coming to them from someone whom they have loved and served as a ‘father’ figure for 12 years. The feelings cannot be imagined; it is an emotional scene in the Guru’s humble hermitage.


The children have been through the “cradle of Vedic Civilisation” – the famous Gurukula System of Education – unsurpassed in its effective means of training children to become thoroughly prepared for the exigencies of life. The system has been known to produce men of the highest moral calibre. The instructions speak for themselves as to what ideals their Acharya expects them to live up to.

The children do not go for annual vacations back to their parent’s home. The Acharya and his wife take full care of them. Love and tenderness come from Guru-Mayi while the learning, the skills and the strict adherence to discipline come from Acharyaji. It is a time-tested, proven method of raising upright, honest citizens, fearless and brave to the core, and dedicated to the service of their communities and the country.


To uphold such a great system, these students are now receiving their final parting instructions. That is the vital context of these lines.

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NEXT

Mantram - 1.11.1: Instructions from Guru to Student

To be continued

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