TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 76. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

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Tuesday 28, January 2025, 09:30.
Taittiriya Upanishad
Part-2.
BRAHMANANDA VALLI
PART 2: 9 No. Anuvakas (Chapters)
THE BLISS THAT IS BRAHMAN
Anuvaka 2.6 
From Anandamaya to Atman  
THE ANUPRASHNAS: (Vital Questions by the Disciple) 
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Coverage:  Anuvaka 2.6.4 onwards upto 2.8.1
THE FIRST PROOF 
1. Jagat Kaaranatvat 
Mantram - 2.6.4 6-7 Brahman is the very Cause of this Creation; 

Mantram - 2.6.4: Brahman the “Cause” of Creation 
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THE FIRST PROOF 
1. Jagat Kaaranatvat 
Mantram - 2.6.4 6-7 Brahman is the very Cause of this Creation; Mantram - 2.6.4: Brahman the “Cause” of Creation 

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Mantram - 2.6.4:  Brahman the “Cause” of Creation:

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sah akaamayata; + He (the Self or Brahman) DESIRED: 

“bahu syaam prajaayeya,” iti. = Let Me be many, let Me be born.” 

sah tapah atapyata. = He deliberated on Austerity. 

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sah tapah taptvaa; = Having performed austerity, 

idagm sarvam asrijata – = He brought about this whole Creation –  

 yat idam kim cha.  = Whatever that is here. 

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Objection 3:  Could Brahman Be Insentient? 

Poorvapakshi: 

If it is a cause, then like earth or seed, it can also be insentient?  

Answer: 

No, Brahman is capable of desiring. All who can desire have to be sentient. And we have seen that Brahman is omniscient, too. So, he has to be sentient. 

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Objection 4:  Has Brahman Unfulfilled Desires? 

Poorvapakshi: 

If Brahman can desire, then surely, He must also have some unfulfilled desires? He would then be just like us. 

Answer: 

No, Brahman’s desire is different from ours. We need to act to fulfil us desires: Brahman does not have to do that. His desire is independent of any instrument. His desires are pure and of the nature of knowledge and truth. They are ordained in accordance with the fruits of actions of all beings. 

There are no thwarted desires in Brahman. This is because He has just to will and His desire gets materialized, as no actions or accessories are needed. 

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Objection 5: How Can One Become Many? 

Poorvapakshi: 

For the One to become Many, it must enter into something else?  

Answer: 

No, Brahman’s multiplication is not extraneous to Himself. The various names and forms of His manifestations are within Himself. As they evolve, they retain all their intrinsic nature of the Self. Only name and form are added to them. They are still part of Him, for Brahman can never become split into parts. 

Nothing exists that is non-Self, because nothing can be separated from Him. He cannot be separated from them in Time or Space also. It is only because of Brahman that name and form can exist. Thus, all things and beings are essentially Brahman, their names and forms are superimposed upon Brahman. 

He did austerity. He made a deliberation, a determination. He made an effort. What sort of effort would Brahman make if He does not act? He simply envisioned what He wanted – that was sufficient work for Him. The origin of all meaningful activity is proper planning and having a good vision of what one is trying to achieve. Brahman just planned it all out and it happened. He does not have to actually do the thing. 

He created everything in perfect precision to meet each one’s Vasanas. 

That such a marvellous creation could have been produced single-handedly by Brahman, without any tools, assistants, activities, etc., is by itself proof that He certainly exists. 

This is the FIRST PROOF.

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Next

THE SECOND PROOF 

2. Guhayaam Upalabyate   

Mantram - 2.6.5.   8 

He has entered into the ‘cavity of our intellect’ as the doer, seer, hearer, feeler and thinker; 

Mantram - 2.6.5:  Brahman “Enters” Into His Creation 

Continued

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

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