Ome Sahanavavu, Saha no Bhunaktu, Sahyryam Karavavah,

Tejas binavadi, tamas, Tumā, bid bishawahay.

Oam shanty, shanty, shanty.

May the Lord protect us both the teacher and the thought together by revealing knowledge.

May the Lord protect us both by giving us the results of knowledge.

May we attain vigor together, let what we learn,

what we study be invigorating, may we not cavail at each other, oh, peace, peace, peace.

So let's just take a quick look at what we have been doing in Katho Okanishan.

It starts up this way.

Oam, Oshanhahe Vajshravasa Sarva Vedasam Dāsa,

Tasya ha, Nachithra Aza, Tama, Putra, Aasa, Tama, Kumaram santa dachshina suni amanasu

shaddhhhhhhhh mhyyyyythodhhhryna dhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh So, the nama the loka, tansha gach, didhah. So we have just seen these four verses, mantras.

So it is said in ancient times, there was this pious Vedic Brahman who performed a major

Vedic fire ritual called the Vishwajit Yagya, yaga.

Desirous of results.

The word Ushan means desiring results.

And you have seen these rituals were primarily performed for getting something in this life or the next.

And in this case, we know that that particular ritual is meant for, you know,

accumulating enough karmic credit so that you go to get to, go to heaven, like frequent

flyer miles or something like that. You go to get to heaven. And the specialty of that particular

ritual was that you have to give away everything.

So in these rituals, one of the components is at the end of it, the rithwik, the priests who come and perform these rituals for you.

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