FOR PRAJITHA : THE GODS MEDITATED ON THE UDGITHA

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Salutations to Thakur, Guru, and Ma ! Chapter II, Part I of the CHHANDOGYA

UPANISHAD For Prajitha : Om. May the different limbs of my body, my tongue,

prana, eyes, ears, and my strength, and also all the other sense-organs, be

nourished ! All, indeed, is Brahman, as is declared in the Upanishads. May I

never deny Brahman ! May Brahman never deny me ! May there never be denial on

the part of Brahman ! May there never be denial on my part ! May all the virtues

described in the Upanishads belong to me, who am devoted to Atman ! Yea, may

they all belong to me ! Om. Peace ! Peace ! Peace ! Chapter II

MEDITATION ON OM AS THE PRANA "When the Gods and the demons, both offspring of

Prajapati, fought with each other, the gods took hold of the Udgitha, thinking

that with this they would vanquish the demons." The Sanskrit word for God is

'devah', from the root word 'to illumine'. The gods stand for such functions as

the sense-organs.The demons, or asuras, stand for the sense-organs as taking

delight in all sensous activities; they are of the nature of darkness. Prajapati

is a word referring to a virtuous person; the lord of Creation who has attained

this name through virtuous past lives; here it signifies man in general who is

entitlesdto perform ritualistic work and pursue knowledge. "The gods meditated

on the Udgitha, OM, as the prana, which functions through the nose. But the

demons pierced it (the prana) with evil. Therefore, with the breath one smells

both what is pleasant-smelling and what is foul-smelling. For the breath is

pierced with evil. Then they meditated on the Udgitha as speech. But the demons

pierced it with evil. Therefore one speaks both truth and falsehood. For speech

is pierced with evil. Then they meditated on the Udgitha as the eye. But the

demons pierced it with evil. Therefore one sees both what is sightly and what

is unsightly. For the eye is pierced with evil. Then they meditated on the

Udgitha as the ear. But the demons pierced it with evil. Therefore one hears

what is worth hearing and what is not worth hearing. For the ear is pierced

with evil. Then they meditated on the Udgitha as the mind. But the demons

pierced it with evil. Therefore one thinks both proper and improper thoughts.

For the mind is pierced by evil. Then they meditated on the Udgitha as the

principal (mukhya) prana. But as a clod of earth hitting a stone is scattered,

even so the demons were destroyed when they hit it. " The adjective mukhya

denotes both the principal prana which sustains life and the prana located in

the mouth. unlike the sense-organs, it is free from attachment and therefore not

subdued by evil. Satchitananda Kathy (Swami Nikhilananda's THE UPANISHADS.

Vol. IV) "As a clod of earth is scattered when hitting a stone, thus will he

be scattered who wishes evil to one who knows this or who injures him; for he is

a solid stone."

 

 

 

 

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