Immortal Bliss:
|| शृण्वन्तु बिश्वे अमृतस्य पुत्रा
आ ये धामानि दिब्यानि तस्थुः ||
Shrinwantu Vishwe Amritasya Putra
Aa Ye Dhamani Dibyani Tasthu
आ ये धामानि दिब्यानि तस्थुः ||
Shrinwantu Vishwe Amritasya Putra
Aa Ye Dhamani Dibyani Tasthu
Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Chapter II, Verse 5.
It may be translated as
"Listen, O the children of immortality the world over...
OR "Hear ye children of immortality or immortal bliss".
"Listen, O the children of immortality the world over...
OR "Hear ye children of immortality or immortal bliss".
तमेव विदित्वाति मृत्युमेति नान्यः पन्था विद्यतेऽयनाय।।
―(यजु० ३१/१८, श्वेताश्वेतर उपनिषद् ३/८)
Vedamayetam purusham mahantam
Aditya varanam tamasa parastath
Tvameva vidithvati, mrityu methi
Nanyah pantha vidyathe ayanaya.
Tvameva vidithvati, mrityu methi
Nanyah pantha vidyathe ayanaya.
(Yajur Veda 31: 18)
I Know Him,
Glorious, Valorous,
Who Names, Forms,
And Keeps all this,
Bright as the Sun,
Beyond all Darkness.
I Know Him,
Glorious, Valorous,
Who Names, Forms,
And Keeps all this,
Bright as the Sun,
Beyond all Darkness.
This Upanishadic Mantra occurs in the Purusha Suktam with slight modification as under:
(yat) That (dheera:) valorous puruSHa (Aste) who is, who has
(vicitya:) materialized (sarvAni) all (roopANi) forms, and (krtya:)
made (sarvAni) all (nAmAni) names, (abhivadan) and maintains all
of these, (etam) that (mahAntam) glorious (AdityavarNam)
sun-brilliant (puruSHam) puruSHa, (astu) who is (pAre)
beyond(tamas) darkness, (aham) I (veda:) Know him.
"I have known that great Purusha (Supreme Being) who is brilliant like the sun and who is beyond all darkness. One who knows Him thus becomes immortal (even) here. There is no other path for liberation than this"
Brahman is referred to here as Purusha because He dwells within the heart in every body (pura) and also because He fills the whole universe (purnam). The Rishi of the Svetasvatara Upanishad says with all emphasis at his command, that knowledge of Brahman, the Absolute, who is described as bright, effulgent, shining like the sun, alone can destroy the darkness of ignorance and free men from the cycle of births and deaths. There is no other way of escape from samsara cycle i.e., there is no other path to liberation than the realization that one’s innermost Self is the birthless and deathless Brahman.
उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत।
क्षुरस्य धारा निशिता दुरत्यया दुर्गं पथस्तत्कवयो वदन्ति ॥
uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpya varānnibodhata |
kṣurasya dhārā niśitā duratyayā durgaṁ pathastatkavayo vadanti ||
उतिष्ठत - utiṣṭhata - arise | जग्रत - jagrata - awake | वरान् - varān - the great ones | प्राप्य - prāpya - find out | निबोधत - nibodhata - learn of them | निशिता - niśitā - sharp | क्षुरस्य धारा - kṣurasya dhārā - a razor's edge | दुरत्यया - duratyayā - hard to traverse | दुर्गम् - durgam - difficult of going | तत् पथः - tat pathaḥ - is that path | कवयः - kavayaḥ - the sages | वदन्ति - vadanti - say
வெற்றி வேண்டுமா வாழ்வில் வெற்றி வேண்டுமா
Vetri Venduma valvil vetri venduma
- Swami Vivekananda Day Programmes - Objectives.
- Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda - 9 Volumes.
- விவேகானந்தரின் வீரமொழிகள்
On October 5th 1893 Free Press (USA) -
Our Visitor from India
Is he a Buddhist? Is he a Mohammedan? What is his mission? Such are the questions that are heard on all sides about Mr. Vivekananda who speaks here Saturday evening. Following is something from a Chicago source that bears on this question:
Vivekananda is a representative from India to the World's Parliament of Religions. He, more than any other of the eminent scholars, has attracted universal attention, first, by his unique attire in Mandarin color; second, by his magnetic presence; and last, but not least, by his brilliant oratory and wonderful exposition of Hindu philosophy.
Vivekananda is not a Brahmin, is not a Buddhist, is not a Parsee, is not a Mohammedan. He may be said to represent the best in all of these. He speaks for universal truth or the unification of all truth. At all times his appearance at the Memorial Art Palace has been attended by the greatest enthusiasm. Indeed, his stay in Chicago has been a continual ovation. He is a scholar among scholars, yet simple in his life and earnest in conquering all limitations of the flesh, all propensities born of the sense world.
The "Chicago source" hit the nail right on the head when it said, among other things, that Swamiji represented the best in all these religions. This only goes to show how deep an impression Swamiji carved into his Chicago audience.
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