Upnishad

SR No.: 007670
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1879
Total Pages: 1835
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 35 MB

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I ADHYÂYA, 3.
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man they brought me to a mother. Then I, growing up to be born, a being living by months, whether twelve or thirteen, was together with my father, who also lived by (years of twelve or thirteen months, that I might either know it (the true Brahman) or not know it. Therefore, O ye seasons', grant that I may attain immortality (knowledge of Brahman). By this my true saying, by this my toil (beginning with the dwelling in the moon and ending with my birth on earth) I am (like) a season, and the child of the seasons.' Who art thou ?' the sage asks again. I am thou,' he replies. Then he sets him free? (to proceed onward).
3. He (at the time of death), having reached the path of the gods, comes to the world of Agni (fire), to the world of Vayu (air), to the world of Varuna, to the world of Indra, to the world of Pragàpati (Virag), to the world of Brahman (Hiranyagarbha). In that world there is the lake Åras, the moments called Yeshtiha«, the river Vigara (age-less), the tree Ilya', the city Sålagya, the palace Aparågita (unconquerable), the door-keepers Indra
The commentator takes ritavah as an accusative. I take it as a vocative, and as used in a sense analogous to the Zend ratu, an epithet of Ahura. Darmesteter, Ormazd, p. 12, n. 3.
• If a person fears heaven (svarga) as much as hell, because neither gives final liberation, then he is fit to proceed to a knowledge of Brahman. It would seem that after this, this person is in the same position as the other who, objecting to remain in the moon, was set free at once.
Consisting of ari's, enemies, such as love, anger, &c. In the Kh. Up. VIII, 5, 3, it is called Ara.
• Explained to mean, killing the sacrifice, which consists in a desire for Brahman. o The same as the asvatthah somasavanah in Rh. Up. VIII, 5, 3.
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