VIGNANAMAYA SLOKA ANANDAMAYAKOSA
FORM OF UPASANA
Mantra: Vignanam yagnam tanute karmani tanutepicha vignanam devas sarve……..
Meaning: It is only
the person with vignana that performs yagna with sraddha and devotion. In other
words, it is vignana that performs the yagna.
It is this vignana that carries out common and worldly activities. Hence it is
vignana that is ‘atma’. It is proper to call it as Brahma.
As it is the first born and the eldest, all Devas including Indra perform its upasana. They have
a liking or preference for this vignanamaya Brahma. It is because of this
upasana they are endowed with jnana and are fabulously rich and prosperous.
There
is always the danger of mistaking the outer sheaths or kosas like Annamayakosa
as the atma .But they are all ‘anatmas’(not atmas). One should, very well
conduct upasana on vignana Brahma. He should consider vignana Brahma as the Brahma to ward off all the sins
committed in relation to love and attachment to the body even during his life
time. He will, then, realize or attain the form of that vignanamaya Brahma and fulfill all his desires.
All sins are committed because of attachment to the body and
its wants. All these sins disappear by meditating on Vignanamaya Brahma as there is no cause at all. This is
similar to the absence of the shadow of the umbrella when
the umbrella itself is not there or removed.
For the
Manomaya sareera the atma is Vignanamaya atma born
out of Manomaya sareera. Separate from and embedded in Vignanamaya atma is Anandamaya atma which completes it and
makes it full.
The
word ‘Anandamaya’ denotes ‘karya Brahma’-Jeeva (individual soul) not Paramatma (Absolute
soul) as the outer layers Annamaya and Pranamaya have been described. Annamaya sabda
denotes the Jeeva as ‘siras’ (head) and
other parts are imagined.
OM
THATH
SATH.
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