Vidagdha

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 02 Nov 2011 13:07 and updated at 02 Nov 2011 13:07

BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD NOUN

BrihadArUpa3 1 Then Vidagdha, the son of Sakala, asked him. How many Devas are there, Yajnavalkya Yajnavalkya decided it through this (group of Mantras known as) Nivid (saying), As many as are indicated in the Nivid of the Visvadevas three hundred and three, and three thousand and three Very well said Sakalya, how many Devas exactly are there, Yajnavalkya Thirty three Very well said the other, how many Devas exactly are there, Yajnavalkya six Very well said Sakalya, how many Devas exactly are there, Yajnavalkya Three Very well said the other, how many Devas exactly are there, Yajnavalkya Two Very well said Sakalya, how many Devas exactly are there, Yajnavalkya One and a half Very well said Sakalya, how many Devas exactly are there, Yajnavalkya One Very well said Sakalya, which are those three hundred and three and three thousand and three
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

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