{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/tmu/tmu10.htm","path":"hin/tmu/tmu10.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/tmu/tmu10.htm","text":"Thirty Minor Upanishads, tr. by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar, [1914]\nOm. O Mah\u0101\u1e0deva (Lord of \u1e0cevas), I am indestructible through a small portion of Thy grace. I am replete with Vij\u00f1\u0101na. I am \u015aiva (Bliss). What is higher than It? Truth does not shine as such on account of the display of the anta\u1e25kara\u1e47a (internal organs). Through the destruction of the anta\u1e25kara\u1e47a, Hari abides as Samvi\u1e6d (Consciousness) alone. As I also am of the form of Samvi\u1e6d, I am without birth. What is higher than It? All inert things being other (than \u0100\u1e6dm\u0101) perish like dream. That Achyu\u1e6da (the indestructible or Vish\u1e47u), who is the seer of the conscious and the inert, is of the form of J\u00f1\u0101na. He only is Mah\u0101\u1e0deva. He only is Mah\u0101-Hari (Mah\u0101vish\u1e47u). He only is the Jyo\u1e6dis of all Jyo\u1e6dis (or Light of all lights). He only is Parame\u015bvara. He only is Parabrahman. That Brahman I am. There is no doubt (about it). J\u012bva is \u015aiva. \u015aiva is J\u012bva. That J\u012bva is \u015aiva alone. Bound by husk, it is paddy; freed from husk, it is rice. In like manner J\u012bva is bound (by karma). If karma perishes, he (J\u012bva) is Sa\u1e0d\u0101\u015biva. So long as he is bound by the bonds of karma, he is J\u012bva. If freed from its bonds, then he is Sa\u1e0d\u0101\u015biva. Prostrations on account of \u015aiva who is of the form of Vish\u1e47u, and on account of Vish\u1e47u who is of the form of \u015aiva. The heart of Vish\u1e47u is \u015aiva. The heart of \u015aiva is Vish\u1e47u. As I see no difference 2 (between these two), therefore to me are prosperity and life. There is no difference\u2014between \u015aiva and\n[paragraph continues] Ke\u015bava (Vish\u1e47u). The body is said to be the divine temple. The \u015aiva (in the body) is the God Sa\u1e0d\u0101\u015biva 1 (in the temple).\nHaving given up the cast-off offerings of aj\u00f1\u0101na, one should worship Him with the thought \"I am He\". To see (oneself) as not different (from Him) is (j\u00f1\u0101na) wisdom. To make the mind free from sensual objects is \u1e0dhy\u0101na (meditation). The giving up of the stains of the mind is sn\u0101na (bathing). The subjugation of the senses is \u015boucha (cleansing). The nectar of Brahman should be drunk. For the upkeep of the body, one should go about for alms and eat. He should dwell alone in a solitary place without a second. He should be with the sole thought of the non-dual One. The wise person who conducts himself thus, attains salvation. Prostrations on account of \u015ar\u012bma\u1e6d Param-Jyo\u1e6dis (Supreme Light) abode! May prosperity and long life attend (me). O Narasimha! 2 O Lord of \u1e0cevas! through Thy grace, persons cognize the true nature of Brahman that is unthinkable, undifferentiated, endless, and immutable, through the forms of the Gods, Brahma, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and \u015aa\u1e45kara.\nLike the eye (which sees without any obstacle the things) spread in the \u0101k\u0101\u015b, so the wise always see the supreme abode of Vish\u1e47u. Brahmans with divine eyes who are always spiritually awake, praise in diverse ways and illuminate the supreme abode of Vish\u1e47u. Thus is the teaching of the Ve\u1e0das for salvation.\nThus is the Upanisha\u1e0d.\n41:1 Skan\u1e0da is the son of \u015aiva and is represented on earth by Sana\u1e6dkum\u0101ra.\n41:2 This will give a rude shock to the followers of \u015aiva and Vish\u1e47u in India, who, wage useless war as to the supremacy of Vish\u1e47u and \u015aiva.\n42:1 Sa\u1e0d\u0101siva, lit., eternal bliss. This is one of the names applied to \u015aiva as also Mah\u0101\u1e0deva.\n42:2 Narasimha, lit., Man-lion. This refers to one of the incarnations of Vish\u1e47u when he killed the evil power Hira\u1e47yakasipu.","title":"Thirty Minor Upanishads: 8. Skan\u1e0da-Upanisha\u1e0d ...","type":"page"}