PRASHNA UPANISHAD - 35 : Rishi Pippalada.

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

##KAUSHALYA’S QUESTION

Query No 3:

“The Management of Power”

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Wednesday, 20  Sep 2023. 08:00.

Mantram - 3.6 : Q-3C The Vyana Assistant

Post-35.

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Mantram - 3.7 : Q.3C The Udana Assistant

12 Atha eka yah urdhva udaanah, = Then, there is one UDANA which, ascending,

13 punyena punyam lokam nayati;  = i) leads us to the virtuous world by good deeds; (i.e. at the time of death, it ejects the subtle body)

14 paapena paapam,  = ii) to the lower world by sinful deeds;

15 ubhaabhyaam eva, = iii) and, when the deeds are mixed (virtue & sin),

 manushyalokam. =  to the world of men (i.e. this Earth-plane).

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v) Udana: 

The most important function of Udana is to take away the subtle body or “Linga Sharira” with it at the time of death. 

Udana also deals with all the sudden reverse movements in the body, such as   coughing, sneezing, hiccupping, yawning, etc. 

12 Eka Yah Urdhva: 

The ‘special nerve’ mentioned here is the Sushumna Nadi, the central and most important Nadi among all 72 crores of Nadis. 

The Udana ascends up this channel at the time of exiting from the body (at death). 

13-14 Paapa & Punya: 

“Merit and demerit;” the point about the virtuous person being taken upward and the unrighteous person being taken downward to lower worlds is 

largely cultural, as it applied at the time of the Vedic period. Upward referred to “heavenly regions”; downward refers to the “hellish regions”. 

Such matters may differ from culture to culture. However, the essential point is how the soul leaves the body through the ‘push’ given to the subtle body by the Udana.

Another interesting point in the Hindu religion is that when the two are mixed – and as a rule this has to be the case for humans – then the soul is sent back to the Earth-plane to  be reborn here to continue its evolution.

The whole point about merit and demerit arises only in man, and in no other creatures. This is because man has self-will governed by his ego, which produces merit and 

demerit. Animals live by instinct and so they do not incur merit and demerit.

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Joy & Sorrow

Whilst western science may not permit their investigations to be coloured by such matters as Paapa and Punya, it must be borne in mind that the Vedic seers took all such 

facts into account. Thus the latter investigations may be considered to be more scientific.

An important point brought out by this verse is that in human life virtue and sin are almost in equal proportions. It is a misnomer to think of certain events as bringing joy and  certain other events as bringing sorrow. The two go hand in hand. They are always mixed. 

To deal with this situation, one is advised to develop the ability to see “the good in everything”, meaning we should always learn to bring cheerfulness to every situation. It is in our attitude that joy and sorrow lies. 

To the Hindu, joy and sorrow are both accepted. Hence, the Hindus are culturally better able to cope with the ups and downs of life. It is built into their culture. This is 

sometimes seen as fatalism by other cultures which do not have an answer for sorrows. 

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No. PRANA TYPE MICROCOSM MACROCOSM Relationship / Function

1 PRANA Eye Sun Source or intake through breath

2 APANA Anus Earth Gravitational pull down to Earth

3 SAMANA Abdomen Space Digestion, extracting the energy

4 VYANA Heart Wind Circulation of blood, nourishment

5 UDANA Body warmth Fire Sudden ejections, e.g. at death

UPA-PRANAS: COUPLING OF INNER & OUTER COUNTERPARTS 

The above table and the notes that follow relate to the next two mantras:

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Next

Mantram - 3.8 /9 Q.3E Coupling of Inner With Outer Upa-Pranas

To be continued

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OPINION:

1. POLITICIANS ( THOSE IGNORANT AND DEMONIC NATURED) ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY TO OPEN THEIR UGLY FOUL MOUTH AND UTTER NONSENSE UPON SANATHANA DHARMAM.

2. THE NONSENSE COMMENDY ALLIANCE ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY ON SANATHA DHARAMAM.

3. DK,DMK. AIADMKA AND ALL NONSENSE POLITICIANS BEWARE YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY  WASHED OUT SOON.

5. COMMUNISTS  AND CONGRESS ARE THE ENEMY TO MANKIND DESTROY THEM.

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