Asuras

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 20 Oct 2011 09:47 and updated at 20 Oct 2011 09:47

CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD NOUN

ChandogyaUpa1	1 Once upon a time the Devas and the Asuras, both descendants of Prajapati, were engaged in a fight. In that fight, the Devas performed the rites of the Udgatir priests resolving, With this we shall defeat them
ChandogyaUpa1	2 Then they meditated on (the deity of) Prana connected with the nose, as Udgitha; the Asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore with it, the nose, one smells both the fragrant and the foul, for it has been pierced with evil.
ChandogyaUpa1	3 Then they meditated on (the deity of) speech as Udgitha; the Asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore with it one speaks both truth and untruth, for it has been pierced with evil.
ChandogyaUpa1	4 Then they meditated on (the deity of) eye as Udgitha; the Asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore with the eye one sees both the sightly and the unsightly, for it has been pierced with evil.
ChandogyaUpa1	5 Then they meditated on (the deity of) ear as Udgitha; the Asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore with the ear one hears both the pleasant and the unpleasant, for it has been pierced with evil.
ChandogyaUpa1	6 Then they meditated on (the deity of) mind as Udgitha; the Asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore with the mind one thinks both good and evil thoughts, for it has been pierced with evil.
ChandogyaUpa1	7 Then they meditated on the Prana in the mouth as Udgitha. The Asuras came in clash with it and were destroyed, just as a lump of clay is destroyed, striking against a hard rock.
ChandogyaUpa8	2 Both the Devas and the Asuras heard this and said, Well, let us seek that Atman by seeking which one attains all the worlds and all the desires. Then Indra alone from among the Devas went out and so did Virochana from among the Asuras. Then without communicating with each other, they both came into the presence of Prajapati, fuel in hand.
ChandogyaUpa8	4 Then Prajapati looked at them and said, They are going away without having perceived, without having understood the Atman. Whosoever will follow such a doctrine be they Devas or Asuras, they will be foiled. Now, Virochana, satisfied in his heart, went to the Asuras and declared this doctrine to them. Here the (bodily) self alone is to be worshipped, the self is to be attended upon. Here it is only by worshipping the self and attending upon the self that one obtains both the worlds, this as well as the yonder.
ChandogyaUpa8	5 Therefore, even to this day, here people say of one who is not a giver, who has no faith, who does not perform sacrifices, Oh, he is an Asura for this is the doctrine of the Asuras. They adorn the body of the deceased with enjoyable things, clothes and ornaments for, by this, they think, they will win the other world.

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