Deva

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 20 Oct 2011 12:48 and updated at 20 Oct 2011 12:48

BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD NOUN

BrihadArUpa1	7 He desired, Let this body of mine be fit for a sacrifice, and let me be embodied through this (and entered it). Because the body swelled Asvat(), therefore it came to be called Asva Horse(). And because it became fit for a sacrifice, therefore the Horse sacrifice came to be known as Asvamedha. He who knows it thus indeed knows the Horse sacrifice. (Imagining himself as the Horse and) letting it remain free, he reflected (on it). After a year he sacrificed it to himself, and dispatched the (other) animals to the Devas. Therefore (priests to this day) sacrifice to Prajapati the sanctified Horse() that is dedicated to all the Devas. He who shines yonder is the Horse sacrifice; his body is the year. This fire is Arka; its limbs are these worlds. So these two (fire and the Sun) are Arka and the Horse sacrifice. These two again become the same Deva, Death. He (who knows thus) conquers further death, death cannot overtake him, it becomes his self, and he becomes one with these deities.
BrihadArUpa1	10 This (self) was indeed Brahman in the beginning. It knew only Itself as, I am Brahman Therefore It became all. And whoever among the Devas knew It also became That; and the same with sages and men. The sage Vamadeva, while realising this (self) as That, knew, I was Manu, and the Sun And to this day whoever in like manner knows It as, I am Brahman becomes all this (universe). Even the Devas cannot prevail against him, for he becomes their self. While he who worships another Deva thinking, He is one, and I am another does not know. He is like an animal to the Devas. As many animals serve a man, so does each man serve the Devas. Even if one animal is taken away, it causes anguish, what should one say of many animals Therefore it is not liked by them that men should know this.
BrihadArUpa3	10 Yajnavalkya said he, since all this is the food of death, who is that Deva whose food is death Agni is death; it is the food of water. (One who knows thus) conquers further death
BrihadArUpa3	9 Regarding this some say, Since the air blows as one substance, how can it be one and a half It is one and a half because through its presence all this attains surpassing glory Which is the one Deva The vital force Hiranyagarbha(); it is Brahman, which is called Tyat (that).
BrihadArUpa4	2 Let me hear what any one of your teachers may have told you Jitvan, the son of Silina, has told me that the organ of speech (fire) is Brahman As one who has a mother, a father and a teacher should say, so has the son of Silina said this that the organ of speech is Brahman, for what can a person have who cannot speak? But did he tell you about its abode (body) and support? No, he did not This Brahman is only one footed, O Emperor Then you tell us, Yajnavalkya The organ of speech is its abode, and the ether (the Undifferentiated) its support. It should be meditated upon as intelligence What is intelligence, Yajnavalkya The organ of speech itself, O Emperor said Yajnavalkya, through the organ of speech, O Emperor, friend is known; The Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharvangirasa, Vedic() history, mythology, arts, Upanishads, verses, aphorisms, elucidations and explanations, (the effects of) sacrifices, (of) offering oblations in the fire and (of) giving food and drink, this world and the next, and all beings are known through the organ of speech alone, O Emperor. The organ of speech, O Emperor, is the supreme Brahman. The organ of speech never leaves him who, knowing thus, meditates upon it, all beings eagerly come to him, and being a Deva, he attains the Devas. I give you a thousand cows with a bull like an elephant said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied, My father was of opinion that one should not accept (wealth) from a disciple
BrihadArUpa4	3 Let me hear whatever any one may have told you Udanka, the son of Sulba, has told me that the vital force Vayu() is Brahman As one who has a mother, a father and a teacher should say, so has the son of Sulba said this that the vital force is Brahman, for what can a person have who does not live But did he tell you about its abode (body) and support No, he did not This Brahman is only one footed, O Emperor Then you tell us, Yajnavalkya The vital force is its abode, and the ether (the Undifferentiated) its support. It should be meditated upon as dear What is dearness, Yajnavalkya The vital force itself, O Emperor said Yajnavalkya; for the sake of the vital force, O Emperor, a man performs sacrifices for one for whom they should not be performed, and accepts gifts one from whom they should not be accepted, and it is for the sake of the vital force, O Emperor, that one runs the risk of one s life in any quarter one may go to. The vital force, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman. The vital force never leaves him who, knowing thus, meditates upon it, all beings eagerly come to him, and being a Deva, he attains the Devas I give you a thousand cows with a bull like an elephant said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied, My father was of opinion that one should not accept (wealth) from a disciple without fully instructing him
BrihadArUpa4	4 Let me hear whatever any one may have told you Barku, the son of Vrsna, has told me that the eye Sun() is Brahman As one who has a mother, a father and a teacher should say, so has the son of Vrsna said this that the eye is Brahman. For what can a person have who cannot see But did he tell you about its abode (body) and support No, he did not This Brahman is only one footed, O Emperor Then you tell us, Yajnavalkya The eye is its abode, and the ether (the Undifferentiated) its support. It should be meditated upon as truth What is truth, Yajnavalkya? The eye itself, O Emperor said Yajnavalkya; if a person, O Emperor, says to one who has seen with his eyes, "Have you seen and the latter answers, "Yes, I have", then it is true. The eye, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman. The eye never leaves him who, knowing thus, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly come to him; and being a Deva, he attains the Devas I give you a thousand cows with a bull like an elephant said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied, My father was of opinion that one should not accept (wealth) from a disciple without fully instructing him
BrihadArUpa4	5 Let me hear whatever any one may have told you Gardabhivipita, of the line of Bharadvaja, has told me that the ear (the quarters) is Brahman As one who has a mother, a father and a teacher should say, so has the descendant of Bharadvaja said this that the ear is Brahman. For what can a person have who cannot hear But did he tell you about its abode (body) and support No, he did not This Brahman is only one footed, O Emperor Then you tell us, Yajnavalkya The ear is its abode, and the ether (the Undifferentiated) its support. It should be meditated upon as infinite What is infinity, Yajnavalkya The quarters themselves, O Emperor said Yajnavalkya; therefore, O Emperor, to whatever direction one may go, one never reaches its end. Hence() the quarters are infinite. The quarters, O Emperor, are the ear, and the ear, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman. The ear never leaves him who, knowing thus, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly come to him; and being a Deva, he attains the Devas I give you a thousand cows with a bull like an elephant said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied, My father was of opinion that one should not accept (wealth) from a disciple without fully instructing him
BrihadArUpa4	6 Let me hear whatever any one may have told you Satyakama, the son of Jabala, has told me that the Manas (here, the moon) is Brahman As one who has a mother, a father and a teacher should say, so has the son of Jabala said this that the Manas is Brahman. For what can a person have without the Manas But did he tell you about its abode (body) and support No, he did not This Brahman is only one footed, O Emperor Then you tell us, Yajnavalkya The Manas is its abode, and the ether (the Undifferentiated) its support. It should be meditated upon as bliss What is bliss, Yajnavalkya The manas itself, O Emperor said Yajnavalkya; with the Manas, O Emperor, a man (fancies and) woos a Woman. A son resembling him is born of her, and he is the cause of bliss. The Manas, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman. The Manas never leaves him who, knowing thus, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly come to him; and being a Deva, he attains the Devas I give you a thousand cows with a bull like an elephant said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied, My father was of opinion that one should not accept (wealth) from a disciple without fully instructing him
BrihadArUpa4	7 Let me hear whatever any one may have told you Vidagdha, the son of Sakala, has told me that the heart (mind, here, Prajapati is Brahman As one who has a mother, a father and a teacher should say, so has the son of Sakala said this that the heart is Brahman. For what can a person have without the heart But did he tell you about its abode (body) and support No, he did not This Brahman is only one footed, O Emperor Then you tell us, Yajnavalkya The heart is its abode, and the ether (the Undifferentiated) its support. It should be meditated upon as stability What is stability, Yajnavalkya The heart itself, O Emperor said Yajnavalkya; the heart, O Emperor, is the abode of all beings, and the heart, O Emperor, is the support of all beings; on the heart, O Emperor, all beings rest; the heart, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman. The heart never leaves him who, knowing thus, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly come to him; and being a Deva, he attains the Devas I give you a thousand cows with a bull like an elephant said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied, My father was of opinion that one should not accept (wealth) from a disciple without fully instructing him
BrihadArUpa4	20 In him are those nerves called Hita, which are as fine as a hair split into a thousand parts, and filled with white, blue, brown, green and red (serums). (They are the seat of the subtle body, in which impressions are stored). Now when (he feels) as if he were being killed or overpowered, or being pursued by an elephant, or falling into a pit, (in short) conjures up at the time through ignorance whatever terrible things he has experienced in the waking state, (that is the dream state). And when (he becomes) a Deva, as it were, or a king, as it were, thinks, This (universe) is myself, who am all that is his highest state.

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