Lost Star regained

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>The lost Star appeared before the gods, and the gods though filled

>with wonder, recognised it not.

>They depute one of their chief stars, Agni, to find out.

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>Unable to comprehend Brahman, the chief star returns.

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>The stars then depute Vayu, the next star in command to find out.

>With all its might, the chief star could not move one straw placed by

>the Brahman.

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>Then the gods depute their supreme star,Indra to find out.

>Seeing Indra, the mischievous Brahman disappeared.

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>To the chief-star's surpise, Uma, daughter of Himavat, appeared in

>the same space.

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>To his incessant curiosity, the Upanishad explains all about Brahman.

>'With regard to the gods, it is that which now flashes forth in the

>lightning, and now vanishes again. With regard to the body, it is

>that which seems to move as mind, and by it imagination remembers

>again and again. The Brahman is called Tadvana...'

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> --- From Talavakara (Kena) Upanishad, extracted from various books

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>With Love,

>Raghava

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Here agni and vaayu etc stand for senses and mind. Indra

(indriyaanam rajaH) stands for intellect. Only when the intellect

went to inquire into the nature of the reality, it disappears leaving

Indra to wonder about. The reality cannot be comprehended by the

intellect but yet it is the only one that comes close to finding the

truth - Through the intellect it extends its illumination to the

world around since through the intellect the world is illuminated or

recognized.

 

Uma stands for shruti - It is the shruti that tells about Brahman to

the intellect which is trying to find what that star was that

illumined. - It is in last chapter of Kena wherein the truth that

contained in the earlier chapters is retold in a story form.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

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K. Sadananda

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