A Discussion on Isavasya Upanishad : ( 07/02/2013. )

 ========================================================================= ========================================================================= Wednesday, Deceember 28, 2022. 07:00.   Mantras : 15-18 Post-16. ========================================================================= MANTRAM - 15. The face of Truth is covered by a golden vessel. O Sun! Remove that for me whose law is to behold the Truth. The results achieved by human means and heavenly means end in the state of prakriti-laya. This is the end and the highest achievement in samsara. moksha is, however, different from and beyond this. It requires the total destruction of desires. Those who cannot attain moksha immediately attain it gradually through the passage of the Sun. This mantra and the next mantra are a prayer to the Sun for allowing one passage across to the Divine Being. Truth is veiled over by a vessel of gold. The essential consciousness within the Sun is hidden by the external disc which dazzl...

 ========================================================================= ======================================================================== Sunday, Deceember 11, 2022. 08:00.   Mantras : 15-18 Post-15. ======================================================================== Mantras - 15 to 18 hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitam mukham, tat tvaṁ pūṣan āpāvṛṇu satyadharmāya dṛṣṭaye (15) pūṣann ekarṣe yama sūrya prājāpatya vyūha raśmīn samūha tejaḥ, yat te rūpaṁ kalyāṇatamaṁ tat te paśyāmi yo sāv asau puruṣaḥ, so'ham asmi (16) vāyur anilam amṛtam athedam bhasmāntaṁ śarīram, aum krato smara kṛtaṁ smara krato smara kṛtaṁ smara (17) agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān, yuyodhyasmaj juharāṇam eno bhūyiṣṭhāṁ te nama-uktim vidhema (18) ========================================================================= Bhashyam ( VYAKYANAM ) : Mantras 15-18 are prayers to the sun-god and fire-god.  The prayer is for liberation. According to our ancients we ...