{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/tmu/tmu19.htm","path":"hin/tmu/tmu19.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/tmu/tmu19.htm","text":"Thirty Minor Upanishads, tr. by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar, [1914]\nOm. B\u1e5bhaspa\u1e6di asked Y\u0101j\u00f1avalkya: \"That which is called Kurukshe\u1e6dra is the place of the sacrifice of the \u1e0cevas and the spiritual seat of all beings. Therefore where should one go in order that he may cognize Kurukshe\u1e6dra, the place of the sacrifice of the \u1e0cevas and the spiritual seat of all beings?\" (To which Y\u0101j\u00f1avalkya replied:) \"Avimuk\u1e6da 2 is Kurukshe\u1e6dra, the place of the sacrifice of the \u1e0cevas and of the study of Brahman, because it is there that Ru\u1e0dra initiates one into the \u1e6c\u0101raka 3 Brahman when pr\u0101\u1e47a (life) goes out. Through this, one becomes immortal and the enjoyer of moksha. Therefore one should always be in the midst of that place avimuk\u1e6da, and should never leave, O reverend sir, avimuk\u1e6da.\" Thus said Y\u0101j\u00f1avalkya.\nThen Bh\u0101ra\u1e0dv\u0101ja asked Y\u0101j\u00f1avalkya: \"What is \u1e6d\u0101raka? what is that which causes one to cross (this mundane existence).\" To which Y\u0101j\u00f1avalkya replied: \"Om-Nam\u014d-N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47\u0101ya is the \u1e6d\u0101raka. It should be worshipped as Chi\u1e0d\u0101\u1e6dma. Om is a single syllable and of the nature of \u0100\u1e6dm\u0101. N amah is of two syllables and is of the nature of prak\u1e5b\u1e6di (matter). N\u0101r\u0101yar\u1e47\u0101ya is of five syllables and is of the nature of Parabrahman. He who knows this becomes immortal. Through Om, is Brahma produced; through Na is Vish\u1e47u produced; through Ma is Ru\u1e0dra produced; through N\u0101 is \u012a\u015bvara produced; through R\u0101 is the A\u1e47da-Vir\u0101t (or Vir\u0101t of the universe) produced; through Ya is\n[paragraph continues] Purusha produced; through N\u0101 is Bhagav\u0101n (Lord) produced; and through Ya is Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101 produced. This Asht\u0101kshara (eight syllables) of N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a is the supreme and the highest Purusha. Thus is the \u1e5agve\u1e0da with the first foot (or half). That which is Om is the indestructible, the supreme, and Brahman. That alone should be worshipped. It is this that is of the eight subtle syllables. And this becomes eight, being of eight forms. A is the first letter; U is the second; M is the third; Bin\u1e0du is the fourth; N\u0101\u1e0da is the fifth; Kal\u0101 is the sixth; Kal\u0101\u1e6d\u012b\u1e6da (that beyond kal\u0101) is the seventh; and that which is beyond these is the eighth. It is called \u1e6c\u0101raka, because it enables one to cross this mundane existence. Know that \u1e6c\u0101raka alone is Brahman and it alone should be worshipped.\" The (following) verses may be quoted here: \"From the letter A came Brahm\u0101 named J\u0101mbav\u0101n (the bear 1). From the letter U came Upen\u1e0dra 2, named Hari. From the letter M came \u015aiva, known as Hanum\u0101n 3. Bin\u1e0du is named \u012a\u015bvara and is \u015aa\u1e6drughna, the Lord of the discus itself. N\u0101\u1e0da should be known as the great Lord named Bhara\u1e6da and the sound of the conch itself. From Kal\u0101 came the Purusha himself as Lakshma\u1e47a and the bearer of the earth. Kal\u0101\u1e6d\u012b\u1e6da is known as the goddess S\u012b\u1e6d\u0101 Herself. That which is beyond is the Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101 named \u015ar\u012b-R\u0101ma and is the highest Purusha. All this is the explanation of the letter Om, which is the past, the present, and future, and which is other than these (viz.,) \u1e6da\u1e6d\u1e6dva, man\u1e6dra, var\u1e47a, (colour), \u1e0deva\u1e6d\u0101 (deity), chhan\u1e0das (metre), \u1e5bk, k\u0101la, \u015bak\u1e6di, and s\u1e5bshti (creation). He who knows this becomes immortal. (Thus is) Yajurve\u1e0da with the second foot.\"\nThen Bh\u0101ra\u1e0dv\u0101ja asked Y\u0101j\u00f1avalkya: \"Through what man\u1e6dra is Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101 pleased and shows his own \u0100\u1e6dm\u0101 (to persons)? Please tell this.\" Y\u0101j\u00f1avalkya replied:\n\"(1st Man\u1e6dra:) Om. He who is \u015ar\u012b-Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and the Lord described by (the letter) A and is J\u0101mbav\u0101n (the bear) and Bh\u016b\u1e25, Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\"\n\"(2nd Man\u1e6dra:) He who is Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and the Lord described by (the letter) U and is Upen\u1e0dra (or) Hari and Bh\u016b\u1e25, Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\n\"(3rd Man\u1e6dra:) Om. He who is \u015ari-Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and the Lord described by (the letter) M and is of the form of \u015aiva (or), Hanum\u0101n and Bh\u016b\u1e25, Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\n\"(4th Man\u1e6dra:) Om. He who is \u015ari-Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, the Lord of \u015aa\u1e6drughna 1 of the form of Bin\u1e0du and the Bh\u016b\u1e25, Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\n\"(5th Man\u1e6dra:) Om. He who is \u015ari-Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and the Lord, and is Bhara\u1e6da 1 of the form of N\u0101\u1e0da and the Bh\u016b\u1e25 Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\n\"(6th Man\u1e6dra:) Om. He who is \u015ari-Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and the Lord, and is Lakshma\u1e47a of the form of Kal\u0101 and the Bh\u016b\u1e25, Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\n\"(7th Man\u1e6dra:) Om. He who is \u015ari-Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and the Lord, and is Kal\u0101\u1e6d\u012b\u1e6da, the Goddess S\u012b\u1e6da, of the form of Chi\u1e6d and the Bh\u016b\u1e25, Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\n\"(8th Man\u1e6dra:) Om. He who is \u015ari-Param\u0101\u1e6dm\u0101, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, and the Lord that is beyond that (Kal\u0101\u1e6d\u012b\u1e6da), is the supreme Purusha, and is the ancient Purusho\u1e6d\u1e6dama, the eternal, the immaculate, the enlightened, the emancipated, the true, the highest bliss, the endless, the secondless, and the all-full\u2014that Brahman is myself. I am R\u0101ma and the Bh\u016b\u1e25, Bhuva\u1e25, and Suva\u1e25: Salutation to Him.\"\nHe who has mastered this eightfold man\u1e6dra is purified by Agni; he is purified by V\u0101yu; he is purified by the sun; he is purified by \u015aiva; he is known by all the \u1e0cevas. He attains the fruit of reciting I\u1e6dih\u0101sas, Pur\u0101\u1e47as, Ru\u1e0dra (Man\u1e6dras), a hundred thousand times. He who repeatedly remembers (or recites) the Asht\u0101kshara (the eight-syllabled man\u1e6dra) of N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a gains the fruit of the recitation of G\u0101ya\u1e6dr\u012b a hundred thousand times or of Pra\u1e47ava (Om) a myriad of times. He purifies (his ancestors) ten (degrees) above and (his descendants) ten\n[paragraph continues] (degrees) below. He attains the state of N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a. He who knows this (attains the state of N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a).\nLike the eye (which sees without any obstacle) the things spread (in the sky), the wise ever see this supreme seat of Vish\u1e47u. Br\u0101hma\u1e47as who are spiritually awake praise in diverse ways and illuminate the supreme abode of Vish\u1e47u. Thus is the Upanisha\u1e0d. (Thus is) the S\u0101mave\u1e0da with the third foot.\n124:1 This Upanisha\u1e0d treats of the s\u0101ra (essence) for \u1e6d\u0101ra (crossing).\n124:2 It is one of the many names given to Benares.\n124:3 \u1e6c\u0101raka is Om\u2014from \u1e6d\u1e5b, to cross.\n125:1 As the bear, Brahm\u0101, incarnated according to the 'R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a'.\n125:2 As Upen\u1e0dra, Vish\u1e47u incarnates in the lower \u1e6dala as well in the legs in man.\n125:3 Hanum\u0101n is the incarnation of v\u0101yu, one of the elements of \u015aiva.\n126:1 Bhara\u1e6da is rather the incarnation of discus or consciousness and Sa\u1e6drughna, that of conch\u2014via., \u0101k\u0101sic sound.","title":"Thirty Minor Upanishads: 17. \u1e6c\u0101ras\u0101ra-Upa...","type":"page"}