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#TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD SIKSHAVALLI FULL#

“Atithi Devo Bhava” is part of the verse mentioned in the Taittiriya Upanishad, Shikshavalli I.20 that reads in full as: matrudevo bhava pitrudevo bhava acharyadevo bhava atithidevo bhava. It is a Sanskrit verse taken from the Hindu scriptures which later became a part of the “Code of conduct” for Hindu society, since the guest has always been of supreme importance in the culture. It means “the guest is equivalent to god”. THE UPANISHADS.2.In India, the saying “Atithi Devo Bhavah” is also integral.They also help in the dilution of obsessive likes & dislikes. The Upanishad considers these as very useful to dilute our sense of ahankara & mamakara, which are very powerful obstacles in the path of self realisation.

This is Viswarupa Iswara dyanam.Īll the five meditations listed earlier are only of this type. We have to expand our vision sufficiently to see Iswara in everything not only in the objective universe but in the subjective self also. As is the Universe, so also is our body-mind complex made up of achethanam or apara prakriti and c haithanyam or para prakriti.

The Consciousness part is known as Brahman and the matter part is called Maya  and together is Iswara. So Iswara also is of two aspects - matter & Consciousness. Extending the analogy what is manifest in the creation must have come from Iswara. Since cause inheres in the effect, whatever that we experience in the effect should have come from the cause. We experience the whole Creation in its two aspects - experiencer & experienced, sentient & insentient, chetanam & achethanam, chaithanyam & jatam, and Consciousness & matter. According to Veda, Iswara is said to be the Jagat karanam. In all these, we meditate upon Iswara as the total manifestation of Creation. The five upasanas are samhita, vyahruti, antarhrudhaya, pankta brahma and omkara. Then are prescribed five types of upasanas which are mental exercises, coming under manasa karma or mental activity, where the mind abides in the thought of chosen devata or Iswara. This will lead one to claim one's higher nature, as rishi Trisanku claimed on attaining enlightenment. So the meditation is a prayer to the Lord to bestow on one the opportunity and the desire for the knowledge. It is also important that one gets the rare privilege to undergo the teaching. It being systematic and long drawn there should be an intense desire. Fitness alone won't suffice one should have the inclination to study Vedanta. The second, but no less important, japa is for jnana prapti, or attainment of the Supreme knowledge. This is a prayer for all- round fitness and all the resources required for knowledge - cultivation & control of emotional, mental, intellectual faculties. The first is for jnana yogyatha or acquiring the necessary qualification. Under the discipline at vocal level or vachika karma, two japas are prescribed. Thus the purpose of acquisition of wealth gets completed with the State of Unity! From the knowledge gained, one understands the unity of jivatma & Paramatma. This preservation & propagation of Vedic culture is called ' Brahma yajna'. That he should get many, many students from far & wide, to whom he can impart the Scriptures, and through them spread the Vedic culture far and wide. The student herein prays that with the plenty of wealth that he may be bestowed upon, he should be able to establish a big centre of learning. One particular deed prescribed here is the preservation and propagation of Vedic culture through Scriptural study. Wealth facilitates one to do many noble deeds. As Sri Sankara has said " Danam dharmartham, dharmah chitta sudhyartham chitta sudhih jnanartham, Jnanam thu mokshartam."Wealth is required to pursue dharma dharma leads to purity of mind purity of mind is necessary to attain knowledge knowledge leads to liberation. One requires material prosperity irrespective of one being spiritual or not. This is a well known Vedic ritual, practiced even nowadays for material prosperity. The discipline at the physical level can well be exemplified by the ritual called ' avahanti homa'. They can be classified under physical, verbal & mental disciplines. These primary sadhanas are known as the fourfold qualifications or sadhana chathushtaya sampathi. The various topics under discussion are preparatory disciplines required to cultivate the mind to assimilate the subtle teaching of self knowledge.

The first and last anuvakas of the Upanishad are santhi pata, the first praying for removal of all obstacles and the last expressing gratitude for the successful completion of the study. The first is called siksha valli since the first line starts with ' siksham vyaakyasmah'. Taittiriya is a prose upanishad of three chapters or vallis.