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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

38. Katha Upanishad | Mantras 2.2.15 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, one of India's most revered texts which is also a part of the Vedas. It is a collection of philosophical poems representing a conversation between the sage Naciketas and Yama (god of death). They discuss the nature of Atman, Brahman and Moksha(liberation).

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Ome Sahanavavavu,

0:07.0

Saha no, unattu,

0:09.0

Sahavidiam Karavahawah,

0:12.0

Tejasvi-Navadi,

0:14.0

Tamasthumah,

0:15.0

Vidvishah May. May the Lord protect us both teacher and taught together.

0:40.8

May the Lord give us the results of our study.

0:43.2

May our study be illuminating.

0:45.7

May our study be invigorating.

0:49.8

And may there be no friction between us,

0:51.9

no cavailing between us.

1:07.6

Ome, peace oh peace peace peace so in the katopanishad we are in the second chapter the second willie the second section of the second chapter almost finished but we have

1:13.2

come to a mantra which is probably one of the most spectacular mantras of the all the Upanishads

1:18.8

and swami viwaka and this favorite mantra that the sun does not illumine nor the moon nor the lightning

1:25.6

what to speak of this little far nor the stars

1:28.8

and then not the lightning what to speak of this little mortal fire that shining everything else shines

1:35.7

by its light everything is lit up so that mantra we're coming to and that's the concluding sort of a

1:41.8

grand conclusion to this very powerful and beautiful

1:46.0

section.

1:48.9

But before that, the 14th mantra which we did last time, Tadet aditymanienti ane, aniddesham

1:57.0

param sumhum, katham, vijaniy, wibhati, that was the fouram paramam suhacham katham nuthad bjaniam kimubhati vivativa that was the 14th mantra what it means that this indeed

2:08.1

this indeed means the atma viyadhian the knowledge of the self the realization of the self as this one non-dual entity that I am this consciousness and this one

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