TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 57. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Sunday 02, June 2024. 06:30.
Taittiriya Upanishad
Part-2.
BRAHMANANDA VALLI
PART 2: 9 No. Anuvakas (Chapters)
THE BLISS THAT IS BRAHMAN
Post - 57.

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UPANISHAD SARA SANGRAH 
Anuvaka 2.1 
The Essence of the Upanishads:

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“Satyam, Jnaanam, Anantam, Brahman” 
Bhashya A: 
“On the Nature of BRAHMAN” 
Coverage:   
Mantram - 2.1.3: The Creation of the Elements & Man

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Mantram - 2.1.3: The Creation of the Elements & Man:

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tasmaad vai etasmaat aatmanah = From That (which is) this This (Atman), 

aakaashah sambhootah; =  Space  is born; 

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aakaashaat vaayuh; vaayoh agnih; = From space, Air; From air, Fire; 

agneh aapah; adbhyah prithivee; =  From fire, Water;  From water, Earth; 

prithivyaah oshadhayah; =  From earth, Herbs; 

oshadheebhyah annam; annaat purushah. = From herbs, Food;   From food, MAN

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Tasmaat Etasmaat: “From That; from This”. This is the usual Upanishadic style of 

referring back to the subject last used. In this case, That would refer to Brahman in 1, 

whereas This would refer to Brahman as defined in the Mantra in 3-5 These two are 

identified to be the same.  

Aatmanah: This is the Atman or indwelling Self within each individual being. There is 

an identity established in the Bhashya between the Atman and Brahman, the basis of which 

will be explained in detail later in the text. We have already come across this identity during 

the discussion on 3.  

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The Bhashya describes the serial creation of element by element, each subsequent 

element consisting of the properties of its precedent elements plus its own property. After 

the inert elements are created, there comes the addition of sentiency in its most basic form, 

namely herbs and plants through the agency of Food advanced stage in the form of Man.  

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Next

“PANCHA KOSHA VIVARANAM” 

Bhashya B: 

 “The Differentiation of the Five Sheaths” 

Coverage:  From 2.1.4 – 2.6.2 (crosses 5 Anuvakas) 

Continued

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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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