TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD – 95. Rishi Yajnavalkya.

 

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Sunday 27, July 2025, 06:00. 
TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD   Pertaining to the SELF-CREATION of Brahman there is a Shruti Mantram… Upanishad Part-3. 
ABHAYA PRATISHTHAA  
BRAHMAANANDA MEEMAAMSAA 
Anuvaka 2.8 A Measure of “Relative Joy” 
Bhashya F: 
THE MAHAVAKYA OF THIS UPANISHAD 
Coverage: Mantras From 2.8.13 to 2.9.1.
Post-95.

Objection 14:  Self and Brahman are Same: Defect a).

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14a. Poorvapakshi: If the Self and Brahman are the same, then there arises the absurdity that the same entity becomes the subject and the object, as we discussed earlier. 

Answer: No, the attainment consists of enlightenment. When attainment is spoken of, it really means to say realization. It is not like the reaching out of a leech from one leaf to another, where a subject and object are involved. 

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14b. Poorvapakshi: But ‘Upasamkraamati’ literally means “crossing over”. 

Answer: It is only a figurative usage. When it is said one reaches the cosmic food body, no physical reaching is being done to the external world of objects. 

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14c. Poorvapakshi: When one leaves his mental or intellectual body in dream, one returns to it in its original state. 

Answer: Actions cannot be done on one’s own Self. You are changing the nature of the topic. Related to our topic would be the case when someone different reaches the food body. If I place my hand on my head, I do not say, “I am reaching or going to my head.” Similarly, the Anandamaya also cannot reach itself.  

Conclusion to the Mahavakya Discussion:

L/ To summarize, we can say that Samkraamati can mean only realization, not a movement of reaching out.  All the verbs used which indicate an action done on the Self are only from the empirical point of view. From the transcendental point of view, there can be no such actions done on Brahman.  

Mantram - 2.8.15:  Announcing Shruti Quotation on Mahavakya:  

21 tat api eshah shlokah bhavati. Regarding this there is the following Mantram. 

21 Pertaining to this there is a Shruti quotation, explaining very briefly the meaning of the whole topic on Ananda or Supreme Bliss. For this, we go to the next and last Anuvaka.  

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ANANDAM BRAHMANAH VIDVAAN 
Anuvaka 2.9 
The Knower of Brahmic Bliss 
Mantram - 2.9.1: Shruti Quotation on the Mahavakya Experience 
Continued

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