Jabali
Upanishad
Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes,
ears, vitality
And all the senses grow in strength.
All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads.
May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me.
Let there be no denial at all:
Let there be no denial at least from me.
May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me,
Who am devoted to the Atman; may they reside in me.
Om ! Let there be Peace in me !
Let there be Peace in my environment !
Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !
The Sage Pippalada approached Sage Jabali and asked him, “Oh God like
sage, please teach me the secret of the absolute philosophy. What is
Thathwa (principle)? Who is Jeeva (being)? What is Pasu? Who is Ishwara?
And what is the method for salvation?” Thus asked sage Jabali explained
to him everything as follows:
Jeeva (being) is nothing but God (the Lord of all beings - Pasupathi)
himself who is acting the role of egoism. That Jeeva (being) is the Pasu.
Pasupathi is he who knows everything, who does the five jobs like
creation, and who is the Lord of all beings. Pasu (in common parlance)
are those animals which eat grass, which do not have viveka (knowledge
to differentiate), which are driven by others, which are made to work in
jobs like agriculture and which undergo lot of sufferings. Similar to
the owner of such animals is the God Pasupathi who rules over all
beings.
To the question, “What trick is there to acquire such knowledge?“.
Jabali replied, “By wearing of the holy ash". He further told, “After
taking the holy ash in hand by reciting the five Brahma mantras starting
with ‘Sathyojatham’, and chanting “Agnirithi Basma (Hoy ash is fire)”,
mix it with water by chanting, “Manasthoke” and then wear the holy ash
in head, forehead and shoulders in sets of three lines chanting the
three mantras “trayayusham”. Further wear these by chanting the three
mantras starting with “Trayayusham” and the mantra “Tryambakam” is
called Sambhava penance. Those with knowledge of Veda say that this has
been told in all Vedas. For avoiding rebirth, the people with eternal
wisdom, should adopt this.
Among the three lines, the first one is Garhapathya (the domestic fire),
the letter Aa, the quality of Rajas, earth, Jeevathma (soul of beings),
the power of creation, Rigveda, time of dawn and its God is Lord Brahma.
The second line is Dakshinagni (Fire of the south), the letter Uu, the
quality of Sathva, atmosphere, the soul inside the body, the power of
desire, Yajurveda, the time of noon, and its God is Lord Vishnu. The
third line is the Ahavaneeya agni (the fire of the Sun), the letter Ma,
the quality of Thamas, the place of Gods, the Paramatma, the power of
knowledge, Samaveda, the time of dusk and its God is Shiva. That
individual, who wears holy ash, whether he is a Brahmachari or Sanyasi,
gets rid of great as well as minor sins. He becomes fit to worship all
gods; he becomes one who has taken bath in all holy waters and the one
who has chanted all the Rudra mantras. He does not have rebirth. This
Upanishad tells that, it is sworn that he will not have rebirth.
Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears, vitality
And all the senses grow in strength.
All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads.
May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me.
Let there be no denial at all:
Let there be no denial at least from me.
May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me,
Who am devoted to the Atman; may they reside in me.
Om ! Let there be Peace in me !
Let there be Peace in my environment !
Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !
Here ends the Jabali Upanishad, included in the Sama-Veda. |