Purusha Suktam Lecture 21 on 12-October-2023

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We are studying the Purusha Suktam. In our last classes, we have been discussing about the 21st or 3rd Rig from the Uttara Narayana point of view. What is it? PRAJAPATISHCHARATI GANBHEYANTAHA AJAYA MANO BAHUDA VIJAYATE TASYADHIRAH PARIJANANTIHUNIM BARICHI NAMPADAM ICHCHANTI VEDASAHA The Lord of Beings, that is what we call Ishwara, pervades all things. He is not subject to birth. And yet, He is born in several forms. The wise well know His real essence. And knowing it, wish for and obtain the exalted state of Marichi and the other Prajapatis. And wish to become the Lords of Creation. So what does it mean? This is called Praveshashruti. Having created, He entered. That is, having imagined, He has become this world. He has entered all the Jivas. That is, He is manifesting both as the subject and also objects. But how does He do it? It's not real. It is only seemingly as we do in our dream. AJAY MANAH BAHUDAH VIJAYATE That which is worthless, He appears to have become everything. And He appears to be moving inside everybody. In fact, from the ultimate point of view, there is nothing called inert. Can anybody believing in the scriptures dare to say that there is no soul in the stone, in a cray or anything in this world? It is only the ignorant minds which divide creation as living and non-living with consciousness or inert. But wherever there is existence, Sat, there is bound to be Chit as well as Ananda. And this knowledge, there are some people who have complete faith in it. They have realized it. They are called Dheeras. And Tasya Mahima, that Brahman's glory, these Dheeras, realized souls, Parijanandi, that is, they know it absolutely well as what that Brahman is the Yoni, is the Kharana, Moola Kharana of this entire universe. From Him, Srishti is coming and Srishti is continuing and it goes back. And what do they do? They also wish to be like the Rishis, like Saptarshis, called like Marichi, etc., Padam, Ikshanti, Vedasaha. So there were supposed to be nine Prajapatis, like Bhrigu, Pulasthiya, Pulaha, Kratu, Angirasa, Marichi, Daksha, Atri and Vasishta. We are familiar with Saptarshis. Here, Navarishis are mentioned. They are called Prajapatis. Prajapati means Manus. That is to say, in a very particular Yuga, like our Chief Ministers or Prime Ministers, so they have this position for some time. They rule. How? Not like our Ministers who are pure politicians. They don't care for anybody's good as you can open your eyes and see everywhere. But they are all realized souls. They know this whole universe is none other than Me. Atma Gnanam means I am everything. Not only I am Brahman, Brahman is everything. I am Brahman, therefore I am everything. Aham Sarvam. That is what we have seen in the Aitareya Upanishad. This Rishi Vamadeva declared, I am everybody. Some people, a few people desire, we also want to become like Marichis so that we can do good. These are called Bodhisattvas. So that is the 21st trick. Now we enter into the 22nd. Okay, Bhagawan has created this universe, but who is maintaining it? So creative aspect was described earlier. Now the maintenance aspect is being said in this 22nd etc. Yo Devebhyah Atapati Yo Devanam Purohitah Purvoyo Devebhyo Jatah Namo Ruchaya Brahmaye Salutation to that splendid Supreme Lord who shines everywhere for the sake of the Devas who became the priest of the Devas and who was also born before the Devas. Earlier we have seen Ajaya Manaha, he who has no birth. Here it is said who was born. What does it mean? When we are discussing in the 21st trick, Ajaya Manaha means Supreme Reality, Brahman. And once the creation starts, that same Nirguna, Nirakara, Nishkriya, Brahman becomes Saguna Brahma, Sakara, Saguna, Sakriya which is called in Puranic lore, Brahma, the creator. So this creator Narayana is the Supreme Reality but Brahma is the Saguna Brahma. We are talking about that Saguna Brahma. If a mother gives birth to babies, it is her responsibility but we should not even use that word responsibility or duty because there is a natural love, very natural bond and the mother automatically hugs the baby. You must have seen plenty of pictures. As soon as the baby comes out of the womb of the mother, immediately it is washed by the nurses and immediately handed over to the mother for suckling. This is also the process of bonding. The baby has acute sense of smell at that stage and the mother also at that stage has an acute smell of the baby. So both of them recognize this is me, this is me. The mother knows this is my baby but this is me and the baby also does not know I am a baby, I am different from mother. So they become one as it were. That is called bonding. And so he who created or manifested himself, he must also maintain himself and of course we have the third aspect, he must also withdraw into himself. Srishti, sthiti, inaashanam, shakti-bhute, sanatani. So every activity requires energy. That is why Shri Ramakrishna says, when I think of Brahman as creator, maintainer, etc., I prefer to call him as Shakti. Shakti means energy. Without energy, it is impossible to do any activity. So now, first in the earlier rick, the Srishti aspect has been given. In this, the sthiti aspect, the maintenance. So what does that Lord do? Like the mother, not only circles the baby, sees that the baby can sleep properly, keeps an eye on the baby all the time, protects the baby all the time. So also the Divine Lord looks upon all of us exactly in the same way. And that is said here, He who shines to offer all the Devas. Now this word Deva, Deva means to shine. And it is given in two meanings. The first meaning is that the Adhishtatru Devatas, residing deities, the creative deities who assisted Ishwara in creating this whole universe. That is one meaning. But every one of our sense organs is also called Deva. That is to say, the Chidabasa, the reflection of pure consciousness while mixing up, uniting with body and mind. Mind in the form of vritti, and body in the form of getting knowledge, etc. That is, it becomes a light as it were. That light because of which the Jivatma is able to use both the mind and body and interact with the entire world. That is called Atapati. Yo Devanam Purohitaha Not only that, in the form of the Buddhi, Purohitaha has two meanings. One meaning is a leader. Puraha, one who leads the way is called Pura. Pura means before us. Somebody is walking before us, simply asking us, you follow me like a mother, like a father, walking in front. And when the child is able to walk, you just walk with me, follow my footsteps, culturally, spiritually, materially, etc. We can also connect it with the caste system because in the olden days, they used to call it guilds. That is our caste system. Some type of activities, they are called, if people do like serving, like fetching, like what is called loliest type of, that which doesn't require much of thinking or brain power, they are simply called Shudras or Dasas. That's why even today there are so many what is called people ending with Dasa. Simply they don't say Dasa. In South India, Urundara Dasa, Mahi Dasa, Kanaka Dasa, etc. In North India, that last Akara is removed, Ram, Das. So whenever you get Das, that means they belong to that Sampradaya. Higher than that, those go, Rakshaha, Krishi Vani Jiyam, Vaishyaha, as Bhagavan says in the Bhagavad Gita. So higher than that, those who do business, those who cultivate, and those who equidistribute whatever they have and move from place to place and bring, supply what is not there to people who do not have. And whatever these people have, take it in exchange called barter system and carry it to other places which people require. So they are called Vaishyas. Some people are necessary not only to create law but to maintain it. They are called Kshatriyas. Protect the community, protect the country, etc. Even today that system is going on. Only instead of calling kings, we call them presidents, prime ministers, etc. This is the Kshatriyas. And there are some people always whose ideas create the light for everybody else to follow. Simple example, nowadays there are supremely intelligent people, they have discovered this AI, how to use it. And then there are two types of people, those who are the originators of knowledge and those who put that knowledge into appropriate instruments called also technicians. These belong to what we call Brahmanas. So what are we talking about? So Purohitaha means a person who is a leader in whichever field. And that leading power comes only from God. So that is the meaning of Atapati also. God himself. And here is a wonderful fact. He was existing even before the birth of the Devas. So just like a potter must exist in order to create a pot. So this whole world is a creation. Creation definitely points out to a creator. And that creator cannot be created. He must be self-created. That is why some places Shiva is called that is Swayambhu. He is born himself. Simply meaning to say he was never born. He was there for eternity. From eternity he will be there for eternity. That is what it means. Purvaha means Srishti Purvaha. Before the creation. Kriyashna and that creation is indicated by Deva Ibhyaha. Whether it is human beings, animals, birds, plants we have seen earlier. Everything. Four types of birds. Andaja, Svedaja, Udvija, Jatharaja, etc. Charayuja, etc. But before the creation who was there? This Brahman is there. Prajapati is there. Ishwara is there. Shakti is there. And then Namo Ruchaya Brahmaye. It is His splendor. Here splendor means His intelligence. He is Chaitanyam. That Brahmaye. That Brahman whose splendor has made it possible for the creation, maintenance, sustenance and also the withdrawal to that salutations. So salutations to that resplendent Supreme Lord who shines everywhere on account of the Devas who became the priest of the Devas and who was born before the Devas. In my last class I have given the example of Devatas have the priest. And priest means He who guides people as they have to conduct what should be done, what should not be done, how life should be lived and what promotes welfare of everybody. He is called Brihaspati. Brihaspati means He who knows everything. And even Rakshasas had that. Rakshasa means Asura. Asura means what? He who is a dull-minded fellow, wicked fellow. The modern politicians, most of them, I don't know if any exceptions are there, such people are called Asuras. And this is the fight that is going on ordinary people and Asuras. So this Brahma He manifests in the form of Richa means splendor, Tejas, light. Light always represents knowing, knowledge. It is knowledge. I am is knowledge. I am a human being is a knowledge. I am male. I am female. I am a child. I am a young person. I am an old person. I am going to be dying person. All this knowledge comes first. And that knowledge dictates what we do later on. But it is all the Divine Lord who has created, who is maintaining everything and ultimately to whom inevitably we all return. And that is being indicated in this 22nd verse. Important is So what is the Lord doing? So Vidyaranya He gives this meaning. That Brahman for the sake of their recognition that we are Devatas. These are our duties and this is how we have to discharge our duties and this is how we have to discharge our duties through their hearts. Each Devata. Surya for example has to shine. Chandra for example shines in a different way. And Indra must protect the world in the form of rains etc. So Varuna. So Kubera. And Ashwini Kumaras. What are all these people? The scientists etc. The knowledge that comes, they are the Devatas. Simply knowledge of God in the form of Devatas. And we may not connect it but if there is any meritorious country where most people are meritorious, they will get a ruler, call him king or prime minister or president or whatever you want and they do it for the welfare of the country. That knowledge, that love, that feeling in the form of understanding, also the power to do it. It all belongs to God. That is indicated here. Devatva Siddhaye. For the Devatas to be Devata so that they can be effective as a Devata that in their hearts this Divine Lord Pravishya having entered Avirbhauti, manifest in what form? Chaitanya Roopena, Chid Roopena, Gnana Roopena and Yo Devebhyaha Atapati. That is for all the Devatas, He gives them that power, that light, that knowledge. Yo Devanam Urohitaha. As I mentioned God himself is the leader for all of us for the Devatas and Purvayo Devebhyaha Jataha. He who was, He who is, He who will be without any change as Kalatita, beyond time, He is that Brahman. So Jataha means what? He who was is and will be without any change and He is also mentioned in our other Vedic passages, Hiranyagarbha Samavartata Agre. Agre means before creation He was known as Hiranyagarbha. Here Hiranyagarbha means a universal mind or all the minds collected together is Hiranyagarbha. But here we have to take it as Saguna Brahma as Ishwara. And then we have seen in the Bhagavad Gita Bhagavan Krishna gives the same idea, especially in the 10th and 11th chapters. So here are the few quotation just to bolster how to understand Purvayo Devebhyaha Jataha. Maharshaya Saptapurve Chatvaro Manavas Tatha Madbhava Manasa Jataha Eshamlokai Mahaprajaha Bhagavan Krishna is telling. There he is not Bhagavan Krishna he is Parabrahma. The seven great sages, the four Manus and from whom all these creatures have been born and they are all born from my mind as Brahma. And then he also says Aham Sarvasya Prabhavo I am the generator of everybody Mattah Sarvam Pravartate Everything comes out from me Itimattva Having known thus Budhaha, wise people Bhavasa Mannithaha Endowed with tremendous devotion Mam Bhajante They go on worshipping me and Arjuna also in the 11th chapter After beholding Vishwaroopa Darshana The whole Purusha Supta is what? Vishwaroopa Darshana My son you don't have, you don't exist I don't exist Nobody else exists Separate from God Everything is the manifestation of God That is called Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu means He who is manifesting as everything He is called Vishnu That is why in the Vishnu Sahasranama He is manifesting as Vishwam and the whole Purusha Supta You can cite a commentary on that one word Vishwam Arjuna having seen Bhagawan through His grace that you do not exist only I exist So your resisting I don't want to fight will not really work because I decided that things will go on This is also part of the sthithi Maintaining the world If something is deceased like a surgeon, it has to be cut off So that is what has happened That is what is happening That is what is going to happen in future also If there is birth There is maintenance Part of that maintenance is destroying the evil So that is why He says that Sambhavami Yuge Yuge So for what purpose Vinashaya Chadushkrutam and then to protect the sadhus and destroy the evil people Sambhavami Yuge Yuge Both are part of the maintenance and Arjuna understood What is He telling Pitaasilokasya Characharasya You are the origin, you are the father of this entire world consisting of Chara and Achara, moving and immovable Tvam Asya Pujyascha Guruhu Gariyan You are the only one who needs to be adored, worshipped Ignatia has to be done You are the Guru That is what we have seen Yo Devebhyaha Atapati Yo Purohitah Devebhyaha That is what Arjuna is again in his own words is telling You are the greatest Guru You are the only Guru There is nobody who is equivalent to you greater than you in all this creation That's why Incomparable Splendor and then he also says O Mahatma You are the great soul Brahman Why should they not salute you Why? You are Earlier you have given birth to what we call Brahma the creator Adhikarta You are the progenitor of Brahma Asat Tat Paramyat Beyond form With form, without form Beyond both form and formlessness As Ramakrishna says Everything is you And again You are the Adi Deva Means Brahman Purushaha Purana, eternal, unchanging Swamasya Vishwasya Param Nidhanam And because of you This whole universe is manifesting Vedas You know everything Vedyancha Param You are the supreme goal to be known That I do not exist, only you exist That knowledge is called Sharanagati Tvayatatam Vishwam Anantaroopa You are only manifesting Spreading In the form of this whole Vishwam Vishwam Vishnu Vashatkara Bhuta Bhavya Bhavat Prabhu And then you are Vayu You are Yamaha You are Agnihi You are Varunaha You are Shashankaha You are Prajapati You are Prakita Mahasya My infinite salutations to you And my salutations to you again and again and again Because of which Because of whom we are all able to be How you are manifesting in the form of Vayu Wind, Yamaha Because without Yamaha It is impossible to have a new dress Agnihi, Varunaha Shashankaha, Prajapati Prakita Mahasya In the form of Pancha What is called Bhutas, etc So what is the meaning of this 22nd brick That you are the person Not only you created Not only you entered into them You entered into them also in the form of Puddhi, you are the leader You are in the form of Saints and Sages and Gurus You only come in the form of the Guru and you are maintaining this whole world and your power only in the form of the Sun, the Moon the Pancha Bhutas etc. Without whom we cannot survive even for a single second. So salutations to that Namo Ruchaya Brahmaye Then This Devata Whom was he addressing? Presumably all the Devatas and then the Devatas because God himself Brahma himself was passing this knowledge in the form of Guru Sishya Sampradaya So if Ramakrishna tells to anyone of his disciples or to anyone of his devotees, may your consciousness be awakened immediately it will be awakened We have seen that, we have read about it, we have heard talks about it on 1st January 1886 So that is exactly what is being reflected here. If my body is there, it is because of you. Because of the Pancha Sthula Pancha Bhutas If my mind is there my inner organ is there because of what is called Sukshma Pancha Bhutas So the subtle five elements and if I became aware of my mind as well as the body because you are maintaining manifesting in the form of Chidabhasa a reflection of the consciousness otherwise we become unconscious. That is why we say, we don't say often but we mean that If I know means, I am aware I know because of that knowledge That is continued in this 23rd Rigkar Mantra Now until now until the 22nd Vishwaroopa of the Parabrahman that was being explicitly described for the sake of all of us so that we should never become egotistic but we have to say I exist because of God's existence I know because of God's Chit and I am happy because of God's Anandaswaroopa Sat Chit Anandaswaroopa Now there are these Devatas who heard this teaching from Brahman himself Brahma himself Brahman manifesting as Brahma the creator Brahma is the Adiguru Sampradaya Karta He taught it to his Manasa Putras and to his disciples to get it clear indication in the Mundaka Upanishad and then through Guru Sishya Sampradaya so that Sishya became Guru taught it to his disciples those disciples who were taught they became Gurus and passed on that knowledge unbroken it is coming sometimes it seems to be broken how do we know? In the 4th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita Maha Kaalai Neha Mahata Yoga Nastaha Parantapa in course of time that mighty yoga has been not lost but forgotten that is what in the introduction to the Bhagavad Gita that Maha Kaalai Neha through a long period of time this knowledge had become covered up and again for bringing out that knowledge and making it available to everybody in simple language according to the changed circumstances Bhagavan reincarnates himself that is called Dharma Sthaapana so that is what in this Yuga Bhagavan has incarnated many times he incarnated this time he got the name Ramakrishna that means he who was Rama he who was Krishna now he is manifesting in the form of Ramakrishna Ramakrishna declared this many times Krishna also declared Sambhavami Yuga Yuga Rama also declared but people don't take notice when he met the Rishis he told I am going to incarnate myself you all reincarnate yourself as Gopis as the greatest devotees and I will through you propagate the Sampradaya Bhakti Bhakti Sampradaya the whole Bhagavatam is nothing but the propagation of Bhakti Sampradaya that idea is Guru Shishya Parampara so that is why very important to salute the Guru Parampara and I mentioned it just for your remembrance see that Bhagavan as Narayana and he gave it to Yasa who gave it to Shukadeva who gave it to Gaudapada who gave it to Govindacharya who gave it to Shankaracharya and through tradition it came to Totapuri he gave it to Ramakrishna Ramakrishna gave it to his disciples and his disciples gave it to all of us this we have to remember all this Guru Sampradaya why? because that reminds us we are not ordinary people we belong to the lineage of Rishis, Munis from Vivekananda when he was lecturing in the UK he mentioned a funny thing here every one of you are very proud that you belong to some robber baron that is ancestors were all robbers indirectly I don't know I don't think that you went and robbed Africa and then India all the Asian and half of the world and you have nothing there yourself so anyway this is the history of India history of UK etc now coming back what is it this Guru Sishya Sampradaya many people got enlightened and these Devas also got enlightened and then they declared having become enlightened through this system of Guru Parampara in their turn after their realisation they declared what did they declare he who realises Brahman in the form that we have been teaching from the very beginning of this Purusha Suktam Sahasra Seersha Purusha etc he who realises that is he who follows our footsteps as our Sishyas as we followed the footsteps of our Gurus as our Gurus followed the footsteps of their Gurus whoever knows it for such a person the whole world comes under their control that means they have become God himself every person who realises he realises Aham Brahmasmi I am Brahman and such a person nobody no creature can be separate from him why because Atman is everything whether the other person knows or not that everything is I am Brahman Brahman is everything so I am everything this is called Sarvam Kalvidam Brahma what is the meaning of this that we have received the supreme spiritual knowledge from our Gurus and who is the Adi Guru that Bhagwan himself and we realised God and we know everything is me that is everything is Brahman that when a person says when a realised soul says like Vamadeva Rishi that I know everything I am everything so Aham Annam Aham Annam I am the creator I am the creator I am the object I am the subject besides me nothing else exists so whoever realises that there will be nothing stranger here we have to understand Vashay means under their control but what does that Vashay means really under their control when you say I am the controller and something is the controlled there is a duality I am the stronger one and that which I control is the weaker one no this is a dictator's idea we should never bring this ignorant idea what it means is that I am the subject I am the object I am the controller I am the controlled there is absolutely no difference and then what happens for such a person they become Satya Kamaha Satya Sankalpaha see very interesting psychology is involved here if somebody says I want something to be controlled by me somebody to be controlled by me that means he has a desire and he did not have what he desired he expects that desire to be fulfilled through that somebody be it servant be it a wife be it a child be it a parent or be it an enemy so my desire will be fulfilled but one who doesn't have any desire in him the dualistic buddhi will not be there at all that is the meaning of realization of God he becomes God he becomes everything he knows I am everything he knows nothing is separate from me and therefore there is no desirer there is no desired object there is no controller there is no controlled but for our understanding the scripture tells us that the whole world to such a person all the Devas bring all the desired objects a realized soul doesn't have the distinction I am subject and everything is an object it is pure Advaita realization and he is swimming in the ocean of Brahmananda and a person who is swimming there is no object in this world which can add to that Brahmananda so simply this rik is meaning that Bhagawan alone exists nothing else exists and if one can know it one becomes supremely fulfilled paramapurushartha mukti will come that's what is meant here that is in the commencement of creation before creation after the pralaya the Devas while giving out for the benefit of the world the true nature of the knowledge which is the essence of the supreme lord thus addressed Brahman oh lord you are the essence of all you who know you not only your real nature all of us that is our nature and all the Devas come under your control simply put together to summarize this 23rd rik what it means is that a person who realizes god all idea of differentiation all division, dichotomy between subject and object disappears and he doesn't even have mind, he doesn't even think I am swimming in the ocean of bliss no, even that is not there, he becomes bliss, he knows it and what he knows it we never know about it that is why all the Upanishads especially Gata Upanishad goes on telling na tatra suryo bhati na chandra tarakam ne ma vidyato bhanti kutoya magnih tam eva bhantam anubhati sarvam tasa tarvam idam vibhati so there the sun doesn't shine, the moon doesn't shine the stars do not shine the lightning do not flash nor any earthly fire because he shining, everything else reflects that shining only what does it mean? he existing everything exists and he is everything we do not exist this is called sharanagati means I do not exist only you exist both of us do not exist, no duality is there and that is what Arjuna says, Krishna says in the Vibhuti Yoga 10 chapter I am everything everything is my manifestation that is what is meant and whoever realizes Brahman then the whole universe he becomes the universe all his desires are completely fulfilled that is summarized in one beautiful mantra this is Vidyaranya's commentary he who knows, knows what aham brahmasmi that I am Brahman, what happens as a result he becomes all this that means entire creation then so from the creation point of view as if this realized soul is ruling everything in the form of the creator really speaking a realized soul doesn't say, God doesn't say I am the ruler it is only we who are in this ignorant state say I am small, you are big so the big rules the small so you are ruling me this is the what is the summary of this 23rd Rig that everything is you, there is nothing else other than you then we proceed to the 24th it is also again describing what is describing the Vishwaroopa form of God O Lord, Hari and Lakshmi are thy two consorts day and night are the sides of your body and the stars are also thy body and the Ashwinesh are thy mouth, grant us knowledge of the self which we desire and everything else this is you know Bhagavan, Bhaga means splendor, so six qualities are mentioned there like Lakshmi, like Vidya, like Yashas, like Vairagya, like so all these powers, six powers because creation means creator creator must have that power that without that power he cannot create, he cannot maintain, he cannot take them back so this is in the form of perhaps as we said Uttar Narayana is added later on, six rings are added later on, in South India they are all together now added 25 so 25th one is an addition actually to this Uttar Narayana also Hari, Lakshmi you know Bhagavan Narayana, suppose Sri Devi and Bhu Devi instead of Bhu Devi here, Hari Devi what is it? he is the lord of all wealth whether it is physical wealth, intellectual wealth or whatever type of wealth, everything is belonging to him and Hari means modesty, Lakshmi means power, where power and modesty modesty and power are together and the splendor of the divine lord there everything good will come this Hari is also called some places Saraswati that is Vidya that is why we say where there is Saraswati there is no wealth where there is Lakshmi Saraswati is absent but nowadays he who has got knowledge he becomes Lakshmivantaha if modesty should be there then only power and modesty can go together because what is money? money is nothing but power money is security etc so coming down a little bit for people like us O Narayana so you are Hari, you are Lakshmi both of them are your consorts means your powers and then Ahurathre day and night you are existing in the form of the day you are existing in the form of the night and in the form of the day you are existing as the sun and in the form of the night nakshatrani roopam all the stars are nothing but your form Ashwinavyatam and your mouth is nothing but representing Ashwini Kumaras but it is only just to indicate a few epithets so that as we started this Purusha Suktam everything is the divine lord only and nothing else is there so with this practically Purusha Sukta is over but there is a Prarthana what is that Prarthana having made us understand this great Rishi who ever created this rick because every rick must have a creator through whom that rick had come out as a result of his sadhana and that is here it is called Purusha Suktam Istam Manishana Amum Manishana Sarvam Manishana what does that mean and then grant us Sat that is Asatoma Sadgamaya Amum Manishana grant us Chit that is Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya Sarvam Manishana grant us that Ananda that means may I through your grace become Sat Chit Ananda and chanting of this Purusha Suktam tremendous Saranagati and Bhakti singular chanting should give us self knowledge when a person has self knowledge he will become Sat, he will become Chit he will become Ananda make us Chit Ananda that is expressed in other forms Asatoma Sadgamaya, Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya, Mrityorma Amrutangamaya we want self knowledge but so long as we are in this earth as human beings, as Sadhakas we have bodies we have minds so let the body be healthy and strong, let all the limbs function and let us praise Bhadram Kanne Bhi Shunyama Devaha, Bhadram Pashyama Akshabhir Yatra Sthirai Rangaihi, Tustu Vagam Sastanu Bhi Beautiful expressions, prayers so we also wish not only Paralokaphala which is Moksha we also wish Dharma Artha Kama, this is called Yeholokaphala, in other words please grant us the Chaturveda Purushartha Dharma Artha Kama so that we can do successful sadhana and out of the infinite grace grant us also self knowledge which is called Moksha which is called Aham Brahmasmi Ithignanam so that is why as I mentioned earlier in many places almost all the Devatas have got what we call four hands, even Mother Kali four hands that is called one is called Abhaya Vara and on the second hand it is called the two hands are there Laya, Srishti Sthithi Laya but somebody comments also why the Lord has four arms is called Varadaraja He who grants Dharma, Artha Kama and Moksha so for all that He requires four hands what is the essence of this Purusha Suktam that is a marvelous Suktam even chanting itself will produce tremendous result and he who chants it regularly with complete Shraddha, he will get Ihaloka Phala, Paraloka Phala that means he will get Dharma, Artha and Kama and in the end he will also get Mukti, Moksha that is the real Phala that we are chanting surrender to God prayer to Him leading the life as He guided us as He is manifesting in our Buddhi we must obey and His Buddhi is manifest in the form of the scriptures that is why we have similar prayers etc. so it is a prayer for making our journey from Srishti through Sthiti to Laya, here Laya means what to become one with the Divine Lord forever, never to have any birth again. Now I will give you a summary of this entire Purusha Suktam in six points nothing here is different from that of God that means everything is manifestation of God and it is that Nirguna Brahma that is manifesting first as Saguna Brahma and as this whole universe. So second point, whatever you see here whatever you hear whatever you touch, whatever you experience, whatever everything we do is Brahman. In every experience there is the vision of Brahman and every teaching takes us to that Brahman. Third point if all that here is Brahman the question who am I I am also that Brahman in this particular Nama Rupa Fourth, this world which appears in all kinds of ways is merely a fiction, only a myth then when we realize when we become one this Nama Rupa Guna disappear completely and that which appears and disappears is called Mithya and that Mithya is called Myth. You just word notice the spelling Myth M-I-T-H and Joseph Campbell has given a beautiful explanation of this Myth but for our purpose here Myth means only temporary appearance, nothing permanent if we really analyze it will take us to the inside to the cause Karya is Myth, Karana is also a Myth finally but the final thing from our point of view is Parabrahman is the fourth point. Fifth if all that exists is Brahman there is nothing that is not him and he is perfect, he is Purnam and sixth point is Swaroopatah I am perfect because I am Brahman I have no choice if I am Brahman, I cannot become a Brahman, I am eternal unliberated. This is the essence of Purusha Suptam, Medha Suptam, Sri Suptam etc. So, Om we offer our prayers to the God from whom all auspicious things come to us for those who perform the Igna, let us pray that the Igna may be completed without any hindrance, may the Gods bring auspiciousness to all of us, let the Gods bring auspiciousness to all mankind let the trees grow vigorously, let the two-legged and four-legged creatures living with us be all happy and evolve and reach God. Om. Peace Peace. Peace be unto all Now, our next class will be Devi Suptam Why did I choose Devi Suptam? Because the Durga Puja is coming part of the recitation of the Durga Suptam and it ends actually with Devi Suptam. So, briefly we will explore it from next Thursday onwards. Om Tachchaiyora Vrinimahe Gataiyagnaya Gataiyagnapataye Daivye Swasthirastunaha Swasthirumanushepyaha Urdham Jigatubheshajam Shanno Tuddhipade Sanchatushpade Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Harihi Om Tat Sat Om Jananim Shardam Devim Ramakrishnam Jagadgurum Adapadmetayo Sritva Pranamami Mohor Moho Me Ramakrishna Oli Madanand Swami Vivekananda bless us all with Bhakti. Jai Ramakrishna