{"id":3661,"date":"2015-06-20T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T15:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2015-06-20T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T15:12:11","slug":"knowing-the-purusha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/knowing-the-purusha\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing the Purusha"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Purusha Sukta in the Vedas describes the qualities of the Purusha and cover the aspect of knowing the Purusha. The Purusha is the divine consciousness, the universal spirit governing this world. The Rishi who has experienced the Purusha declares<\/p>\n

\u0935\u0947\u0926\u093e\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0924\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0902 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u092e\u094d |
\n\u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0902 \u0924\u092e\u0938\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0941\u092a\u093e\u0930\u0947 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0923\u093f \u0930\u0942\u092a\u093e\u0923\u093f \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0927\u0940\u0930\u0903 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u0928\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0928\u093f \u0915\u0943\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e \u0905\u092d\u093f\u0935\u0926\u0928\u094d \u092f\u0926\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947 |<\/span><\/span>\u0927\u093e\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0926\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0941\u0926\u093e\u091c\u0939\u093e\u0930 |<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0903 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u093f\u0936\u0936\u094d\u091a\u0924\u0938\u094d\u0930\u0903 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u0924\u092e\u0947\u0935\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0943\u0924 \u0907\u0939 \u092d\u0935\u0924\u093f |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u0928\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0903 \u092a\u0928\u094d\u0925\u093e \u0905\u092f\u0928\u093e\u092f \u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0947 |<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now let us analyze these two mantras and understand them,<\/p>\n

\u0935\u0947\u0926 \u0905\u0939\u092e\u094d \u090f\u0924\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0902 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u092e\u094d |
\n<\/span><\/span>The Rishi says \u201cI have known this great Purusha\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0902 \u0924\u092e\u0938\u0903 \u0924\u0941\u092a\u093e\u0930\u0947 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u2026who is of the colour of the sun and beyond darkness\u2026<\/p>\n

\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0923\u093f \u0930\u0942\u092a\u093e\u0923\u093f \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0927\u0940\u0930\u0903 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u2026The intelligent Purusha conceptualizing the various forms\u2026<\/p>\n

\u0928\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0928\u093f \u0915\u0943\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e \u0905\u092d\u093f\u0935\u0926\u0928\u094d \u092f\u0924\u094d \u0906\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u2026.has also given the names to these forms and is calling out to them\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0927\u093e\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0924\u094d \u092f\u0902 \u0909\u0926\u093e\u091c\u0939\u093e\u0930 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u201cThe creator, establisher (Brahma) in the beginning to whom he worshipped\u2026<\/p>\n

\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0903 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u093f\u0936\u0903 \u091a\u0924\u0938\u094d\u0930\u0903 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u2026.That Purusha knowing whom Shakra (Indra) worshipped from all the four directions\u2026<\/p>\n

\u0924\u092e\u094d \u090f\u0935\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094d \u0905\u092e\u0943\u0924\u0903 \u0907\u0939 \u092d\u0935\u0924\u093f |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u2026Knowing that Purusha in this manner immortality will be possible here\u2026<\/p>\n

\u0928 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0903 \u092a\u0928\u094d\u0925\u093e \u0905\u092f\u0928\u093e\u092f \u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0947 |
\n<\/span><\/span>\u2026 No other path (way) exists for liberation\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rishi clearly affirms that the only way to immortality is to know and experience the Divine Purusha.<\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Purusha Sukta in the Vedas describes the qualities of the Purusha and cover the aspect of knowing the Purusha. The Purusha is the divine consciousness, the universal spirit governing this world. The Rishi who has experienced the Purusha declares \u0935\u0947\u0926\u093e\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0924\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0902 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u092e\u094d | \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0902 \u0924\u092e\u0938\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0941\u092a\u093e\u0930\u0947 | \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0923\u093f \u0930\u0942\u092a\u093e\u0923\u093f \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0927\u0940\u0930\u0903 | \u0928\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0928\u093f \u0915\u0943\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e \u0905\u092d\u093f\u0935\u0926\u0928\u094d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","readmore-type-button"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3661"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3665,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3661\/revisions\/3665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}