Narayana Prasnam 6
Concentration of the mind can be defined as ‘tapas’. That
is the means for Jnana. The following mantra is intended for attaining such
‘tapas’
Mantra: rutam tapas
satyam tapasrutam tapassantam tapodamas tapassama tapodanam tapoyajnam tapobhurbhuvassuvar
brahma tadupasyaitat tapaha
1.
Ruta, Satya, and Sruta are all considered
as tapas.
2.
Rutam: contemplation of Truth by the mind
3.
Satyam: Speaking the Truth
4.
Srutam: to read and practice poorva mimamsa to clarify
doubts in the earlier part of the Vedas and uttara mimamsa to clear doubts from
the Upanishads that form the later part of the
5.
Vedas.
6.
Santam: Control of external and internal
organs of the body.
7.
Dama: Reducing the body through accepted
methods of upasana.
8.
Sama: Absence of anger or hatred against enemies.
9.
Dana: Offering money to eligible and deserving people without expecting any help or reward.
10.
Yajna:
Performing ‘agnihotra’etc.
Upasana is great concentration and focus on the chosen
deity always without any hindrance..
Tatvopadesa for
the person performing holy deeds and
avoiding the prohibited ones;
Mantra: anoraniyan
mahatomahiyan atma guhayam nihitosya jantoh tamakratum pasyati vitasoko dhatuhprasadan
mahimanamisam
Paramatma is the smallest of the small atoms and
the greatest of the great sky and the directions. He is attainable through the
mind placed in the ‘guha’ or ‘hrudaya pundarika’ of devas, mortals, and other creatures. It is only through
the benign grace of Parameswara one can have his direct view. He is the
greatest and bereft of any sankalpa. Thus he releases himself from the vicious
cycle of birth and death. It is only
through Adwaita-non dualism that the cycle of birth and death can be
annihilated through the grace of Iswara who has no sankalpa.(akrutum) He is
beyond enjoyment of activities like bathing and drinking which are only for
jiva, He is not bound by the factors of
‘antahkarana’ One who has the direct presence of Him through ‘vidya or jnana’ shall
obliterate the cycle of birth and death.
Mantra: saptapranah
prabhavanti tasmat saptarchis hassamidhas
saptajihvaha saptaime loka eshu charanti
prana guhasayam nihitas saptasapta
How parmatma is the cause of
this creation of the universe is now described according to
‘sakhachandranyaya’It is through Him ,the master of illusion (maya), that the
seven pranas have emerged, It is reported in the Vedas
“saptavaiirshanyahpranaha”. So it is only through paramatma that the seven
openings in the head forming the seven
pranas are created. They are 1.two eyes
2 two ears 3 two nostrils and 4 mouth. The special
individual qualities of these seven organs form ‘saptarchis’ As these senses
are realized by these they are called ‘samidhas. Agni has seven tongues-‘saptajihva’. They are
according to ‘adharvanikas’:
1. Kali
2. Karali
3. Manojava
4. Sudhumravarna
5. Sulohita
6
Sphulingini and 7 Viswaruchi
These have emanated
from paramatma as also the seven worlds and the ‘saptarshis
(the seven great sages) As He reclines
in the ‘guha’ or buddhi, He is called ‘guhasaya’ Therefore the mantra ‘atma
guhayam nihitosya janto’,
After describing the creation
of the internal pranas, outward oceans, and inanimate objects, the significance
of Parameswara in animate creatures is
described;
Mantra: brahma devanam padavih kavinam rushirvipranam
mahisho mruganam syeno grudhranagum swadhiti rvananaggum somahpavitra matyetirebhan
Parameswara is the four
faced Brahma, the ordainer, for Indra, Agni, and other devas. For epic poets and
others He is ‘padavi’. The word ‘padavi’ is the fine sound according to rules
of grammar and prosody.” Padamvyeti gachchatiti padavihi’ eg great poets and sages like Vyasa and Valmiki.
Among the followers of the Vedas , He is in the form of Kasyapa and Vasishta the great sages. Among the birds He is the
vulture or the eagle and the axe to cut the trees in the forest. During the soma
yagas He is the ‘creeper ‘somavalli’, purer and holier than the Ganga and
‘darbha’ grass and other ingredients.
For one who rejects maya or
illusion by his viveka,every thing in
the universe appears in the form of Brahman.
Mantra; hagamsasas suchi shad vasu rantariksha saddhota
vedi shaditi dirdhurona sathvrush sdvarasad rutasad vyoma sadabja goja rutaja adrija
rutam bruhat
The Sun in the pure radiant
zone in the sky, the form of ’ahavaniya agni’ in homas, yagas, the
unexpected guest(atithi) in people’s homes, the jiva in human beings, the
resident in holy shrines like Kasi, Dwaravati, the reward for all vedic karmas,
the form of stars in the sky ,the conch and the crocodile in water, the milk of
the cow, Truth and renown ,trees ,and mountains-----all these in the Universe are the very Brahman Himself.
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