Friday, 5 August 2016

nAga panchami

Samskrit words Sarpa and Naga are synonyms for snakes.

Sarpa means a serpent - a  single headed snake.

NAga means, a snake with many heads.

As one knows, a human mind is a multi faceted entity. It is hived, has many attributes, partitions and layers. 'NAga' therefore, is metaphor for 'mind'.

An outwardly oriented mind, is a snake with raised hood and trailing body.

An inwardly turned mind  is engrossed in the self.
A many headed snake, with its hood of attention, turned around.
Such a NAga  is seat or couch for the self.

-Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati

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