All right, we can close it now, I think.

Oh, I think.

Oh, Saha'navato, Saha nohunaktu,

Sahviriam Karawahwha,

Tejasvi-na-hadhi,

Tamas, Tumavidwibhishawah,

Oam, shant, shanty.

All right, yes, it's recording so we were studying panchashi in the first chapter.

We had studied how you analyze the meaning of the Mahavakya, the great sentence.

The great sentence meaning which tells you

that thou art, you are Brahman.

And there are four of these sentences which are conventionally taken, one from each of

the Vedas.

The most famous of them being the Tatuam Asi, that that thou art, taken from Chandogya Upanishan, from the Sama Vedah.

Swami Vivekanth, for example, was very fond of quoting that one here, that thou art.

And we learned how to analyze that sentence and understand its meaning.

Why was it difficult? Why do you need to analyze a sentence to understand its meaning? Because normally we

understand sentences when they are spoken. You see, to understand the meaning of a

sentence, you need to know the meanings of the words involved and how they fit

together.

In this case what happened was that thou art.

That refers to Brahman, Saguna Brahman, God.

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