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Part 7

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यो ब्रह्माणं विदधाति पूर्वं यो वै वेदांश्च प्रहिणोति तस्मै।तं ह देवमात्मबुद्धिप्रकाशं मुमुक्षुर्वै शरणमहं प्रपद्ये॥

—Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.18)

Yo brahmāṇaṁ vidadhāti pūrvaṁ yo vai vedāṁśca prahiṇoti tasmai.Taṁ ha devamātmabuddhiprakāśaṁ mumukṣurvai śaraṇamahaṁ prapadye- Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.18)

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“He who first creates Lord Brahma and delivers the Vedic knowledge to him…”

 “…who illuminates the intellect of the self; unto that resplendent Lord who reveals the highest wisdom, I, the seeker of liberation, surrender.” Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.18)

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ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam
Puurnnaat-Puurnnam-Udacyate |
Puurnnashya Puurnnam-Aadaaya
Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || [

• “Om, That (the unseen, absolute divine) is complete (infinite).
• This (the visible, manifest world) is also complete.
• From the complete, the complete manifests.
• Even when the complete is taken away from the complete, the complete remains complete.”

Isha Upanishad (which also appears in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)

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Shvetashvatara Upanishad Mantra 4.11.

यो योनिं योनिमधितिष्ठत्येको यस्मिन्निदं सं च वि चैति सर्वम् ।तमीशानं वरदं देवमीढ्यं निचाय्येमां शान्तिमत्यन्तमेति ॥

yo yoniṃ yonim adhitiṣṭhaty eko yasmin idaṃ saṃ ca vi caiti sarvamtam īśānaṃ varadaṃ devam īḍyaṃ nicāyyemāṃ śāntim atyantam eti

Yaḥ: He who 

 Yoniṃ yonim: In every womb / all the various aspects of nature 

Adhitiṣṭhati: Presides over / rules 

 Ekaḥ: The one  Yasmin: In whom 

 Idaṃ: This

Saṃ ca vi caiti sarvam: The whole world merges (at dissolution) and appears (at creation). 

Tam īśānaṃ: Him, the Supreme Lord   Varadaṃ: The bestower of boons/blessings  

Devam īḍyaṃ: The adorable God 

 Nicāyya: By realizing / meditating upon 

 Imāṃ śāntim atyantam eti: One attains supreme, infinite peace

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तत्रापरा ऋग्वेदो यजुर्वेदः सामवेदोऽथर्ववेदः शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणं निरुक्तं छन्दो ज्योतिषमिति ।
अथ परा यया तदक्षरमधिगम्यते ॥ ५ ॥

tatrāparā ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo’tharvavedaḥ śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ niruktaṃ chando jyotiṣamiti .
atha parā yayā tadaksharamadhigamyate ..Mundakopanishad 1-5

The verse defines Apara Vidya (lower knowledge) as the four Vedas and six Vedangas (phonetics, ritual, grammar, etymology, metre, and astronomy). Conversely, Para Vidya (higher knowledge) is defined as that which leads to the realization of the imperishable Brahman.

Sage Angira explains that empirical, scriptural, and ritualistic knowledge is considered lower, while the pursuit of the eternal, imperishable Brahman is higher.

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उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत ।
क्शुरस्य धारा निशिता दुरत्यया दुर्गं पथस्तत्कवयो वदन्ति ॥ १४ ॥ Katha Upanisad (1.3.14)

uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpya varānnibodhata |
kśurasya dhārā niśitā duratyayā durgaṃ pathastatkavayo vadanti || 14 ||- Katha Upanisad (1.3.14)

14. Arise, awake; having reached the great, learn; the edge of a razor is sharp and impassable; that path, the intelligent say, is hard to go by.

To be continued…………………..

Tags- important, Upanishad, mantras,  part 7