ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : Mantram : 9.

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ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

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VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD




Mantram : 9.



Discussion-3. "Swami Sri Sankara  Bhagavatpada" ( Sri Adi Sankaracharya swamikal )  and  "devata-Jnanam" .....


According  to  Sri Sankara   Bhagavatpada,  Vidya  means  Devata-Jnanam,  leading  to  the  abode  of  the  Devata  so  propitiated,  and  Avidya  is  ritualistic  Karmam.

To  Aharya  Swamikal  karmam  means  desire-prompted  rituals  which  lead  one  to  the  joys  of  the  Heaven  ( Pitrulokam).

As  we  admit  Avidya  to  be  karmam,  it  would  be  more  natural  to  accept  it  as  'all  sadhana-s  that  lead  to  the  seekers  nearer  to  the  goal.'

Also  the  meaning  that  'by  karmam  one  would  reach  'Pitrulokam' and  by  Upasana  of  Devata-s  one  would  attain  the  'Devalokam' is  not  quite  an  appropriate  theme  in  the  Upanishad,  as  these  topics  have  been  already  exhausted  in  the  earlier  part  of  the  Veda grandham ( textbook),  in  its  'Karma kandam  portions.


At  the  same  time,  we  cannot  also  emphatically  say  that  these  topics  are  totally  absent  in  the  Upanishad.

Next : Discussion - 4. Summation  ....

To be continued  ...







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