Parabrahman

In the end of every chapter  in Gita, it is written like this........."

"Ithi sreemad bhagavadgita sUpanishath, Brahma vidyayAm, YogasAsthrE, Sri Krishnarjuna samvAdE "

What is brahma vidya? What is yoga sAsthrA ??

Brahma vidya ::

                      Means the spiritual science of Parabrahman.

YogasAsthrA::

                      Means the science of Yoga which explains the different ways and methods for the realisation  of Brahman.         

Hence, learning and practicing YogasAsthrA helps, one to realise and experience the Devine.

Here, Self realisation is the Goal,Yoga is the vehicle to take you towards the goal.

The word Yoga originated from  'Yuj' which means Union...Union of what?.Union of the inner self with Universalself. The  prime purpose of Yoga is uniting a simple soul with great supreme  soul.

What is Para  brahma? Is very clearly explained in KshEthra kshethragna Vibhavaha yOgam.

After giving a detailed  format of KshEthra  (human body ), Lord SriKrishna  described  the   
Supreme Brahman in five slokas , knowing which one attains Supreme bliss.                                    

               1. Sarvathaha pANi pAdamthathu Sarvathokshi ssiromukham

                   Sarvathaha sruthimallokE sarvamAvruttha thishtathi

With hands and feet everywhere , with faces and eyes everywhere, with heads and ears everywhere,That(Para Brahman ) is pervading  entire universe.   

                                  

               2. SarvendriyaguNAbhAsam  Sarvendriyavivargitham

                   Asaktham sarvabrucheiva NirguNam guNabhokthru cha

That  ParaBrahman is manifest in the functions of various sense organs,yet bereft of  all sense 
organs;   

Unattached, yet sustaining everything  while manifesting in  all actions. Gunatheetham(attribute less )

 Though attribute less, That (Braman ) enjoys the three modes of Prakrithi (Satva,Rajas, tamas)

 Residing in  the body.     
          

                3.Bahiranthascha BhuthAnam acharya chakramE vacha

                   SukshmathwAtthat vignEyam durasthamchanthikEchathath

Outside and inside of every living being either moving or non moving , That (Brahma) remains in a very subtle  and Incomprehensible manner.That is far yet near .

       

                4.Avibhakthamcha bhuthEshu vibhakthamivachasthitham

                    Bhutha Bharthrucha thath gnEyam grasishnu prabhavishnu cha

That (Para
Brahma) is undivided in beings and yet remains as if decided; That knowable is the sustainer of beings,and also the creator and destroyer.

    

                5.Jyothishamapi  That  jyothihi  thamasaha  Param uchyathe

                   GnAnam GnEyam GnAnagamyam Hrudi sarvasya vishtitham

The lights of lights, the Ultimate goal,  , Knowledge, Knowable, Goal of Knowledge,

That (Brahma)  always resides in the heart of beings.

           

The first sloka describes Brahman as  a ViswAthama and viswasakshi (universal witness).

The second sloka describes  Brahman as JeevAthmA , which residing in our body

experiences the guNas born of  Nature.

The third sloka describes Brahman as Paramathma which has incomprehensible  

 nature and extremely subtle as  sky or magnetic field being far away, at the same time very close.(inside our heart...nothing is more closer than your Heart.)

      

The fourth sloka describes Brahman as the great sustainer of entire universe--Jeeva.

And also creator and destroyer in whose surveillance all beings exist.

  

The fifth sloka describes Brahman as the ultimate (Paramam ) ,the supreme Devine being which appears as Light, which is the supreme Knoledge,which  erases all ignorance when one realises That.

   

Hence, Lord very clearly explains  the  physical and functional  format of BBrahmaN.

In one of my previous blogs, "Atma,it's  nature,' already I have written the different  dispositions  of Brahma  with regard to different functions Of  That.  But, as it is needed here I  am  giving  brief description of the same.again. Summing up......

    

Brahman is Atma , ViswAtma, Jeevatma, Paramatma, Visrutatma, drudatmA,creator,

Destroyer,Knowledge  infinite, light resplendent (light of thousands of Suns) ,Goal ultimate, so on and so forth.

  

What  astonishes me  extremely is one contradicting charectoristic of Brahma, '"very far and very near". How far away? No one knows. But how much close we all know, as That resides  In our hearts only. (Refer to 3rd sloka given above ).

  

The above mentioned five slokas of Sri Bhagavanuvacha compose a comprehensive dailyPrayer,

which directly addresses the ultimate Parabrahman ,from where all wishes are granted  irrespective of the God's name taken. This is why in my daily  prayer, I  recite  these five slokas with out failing.

No matter how much may we know  scripturally about Brahman, how to realise That? How to experience That?  How, Yogic technics help us in this mission- self realisation ? How Yoga sastra helps one to achieve Salvation?.........

My next blog will speak about  this.

                                                       Gitauvacha