Chapter
6, Section 4
Mantras 6-4-1
to 4
yadagne rohitamrupam tejasastadrupam yacchuklaṃ
tadapaṃ yatkrshnam tadannasyapagadagneragnitvam vacharambhanam vikaro namadheyam
trini rupanityeva satyam || 6.4.1 ||
yadadityasya rohitamrupam tejasastadrupam yacchuklam
tadapam yatkrshnam tadannasyapagadadityadadityatvam vacharambhanam vikaro namadheyam
trini rupanityeva satyam || 6.4.2 ||
yacchandramaso rohitamrupam tejasastadrupam yacchuklam tadapam
yatkrsnam tadannasyapagaccandraccandratvam vacharambhanam vikaro namadheyam trini
rupanityeva satyam || 6.4.3 ||
yadvidyuto rohitamrupam tejasastadrupam yacchuklam tadapam
yatkrsnam tadannasyapagadvidyuto vidyuttvam vacharambhanam vikaro namadheyam
trini rupanityeva satyam || 6.4.4 ||
The red colour of gross fire
is from subtle fire, the white colour is from subtle water, and the dark colour
is from subtle earth. Thus that which constitutes the ‘fire’-ness of fire is
gone. All modifications are in name only based upon words [i.e., fire is only a
name indicating a certain condition]. Only the three colours are the reality
(1). The red colour of the sun is from fire, the white colour is from water,
and the dark colour is from earth. Thus that which constitutes the ‘sun’-ness
of the sun is gone. All modifications are in name only based upon words. Only the
three colours are the reality (2). The red colour of the moon is from fire, the white colour is from water,
and the dark colour is from earth. Thus that which constitutes the ‘moon’-ness
of the moon is gone. All modifications are in name only based upon words. Only the three colours
are the reality (3). The red colour of lightning is from fire, the white colour is from water,
and the dark colour is from earth. Thus that which constitutes the
‘lightning’-ness of lightning is gone. All modifications are in name only based upon words. Only the three colours are the reality (4). Here Uddalaka refers to sthula bhutha srishti
and sthula bhauthika srishti, the creation of elements and elementals
taking the main sources of natural light.
Elements are the fire, water and earth and elementals are the other
products that are born out of the
combination of all of them and main sources of natural light mentioned are; fire,
sun, moon and lightning. The products
are experienced as gross forms only and grossification takes place through
mixing of the elements. In first Mantra, fire is analysed. Gross fire,
besides its own redness has acquired the whiteness of water and the blackness
of earth and is experienced in the compound state only. The same is true of other products as well,
as is seen in the case of sun, moon and lightning which are also combination of
the three subtle elements only. Like fire, sun, moon and lightning, the entire
world of gross products can be reduced to the three subtle elements, their
karanam, which are, in turn, nothing but Sat, pure Existence i.e. Brahman.
This reveals that the products of the world are only superimpositions on Brahman
as names and forms.
Mantras 6-4-5
to 7
etaddha sma vai tadvidvamsa ahuh purve mahasala mahasrotriya na no'dya
kaschanasrutamamatamavijnatamudaharisyatiti hyebhyo vidamcakruh || 6.4.5 ||
yadu rohitamivabhuditi tejasastadrupamiti
tadvidamcakruryadu suklamivabhudityapam rupamiti tadvidamcakruryadu
krsnamivabhudityannasya rupamiti tadvidamcakruh || 6.4.6 ||
yadvavijnatamivabhudityetasameva devatanamsamasa
iti tadvidamcakruryatha tu khalu somyemastisro devatah purusham prapya
trivrttrivrdekaika bhavati tanme vijanihiti || 6.4.7 || iti chaturthah khandah ||
The ancient
great householders and great Vedic scholars, knew this. They said, ‘There is
nothing that anyone can mention that is unheard of or unthought of or unknown
to us.’ This is because they knew about the three colours (5). They knew that whatever else was seen as red was the colour of (subtle) fire;
whatever else was seen as white was the colour of (subtle) water; and whatever
else was seen as black was the colour of (subtle) earth (6). And whatever else was not properly known they
understood was the combination of those three devatas [fire, water, and earth].
O dear son, now learn from me how these three devatas enter into a person and
become threefold. End of fourth section (7). As Swetaketu wondered whether this knowledge was known in the past,
Uddalaka assures him that wise men, in the past, who were well-versed in
scriptures and also great, ideal, dharmic householders had known about Sat
and about subtle elements and elementals and all that he had explained to him
so far. He then tells him that he will explain now how the triplication of elements
works in human system. The effect at individual level (adhyatmika) will be
explained in the next chapter. This chapter ends here and this blog as well.
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