Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Dewi's subjugation

Tasyai tapo damaha karmeti pratishta vedaha sarvaangaani satyam aayatanam.

Intensity, subjugation and activity are foundations/
Knowings are limbs/
Truth, it's fulcrum// 

- Kena Upanishad 4.8, - paragraph 33 -

The simple story is loaded with symbolism.
The Brahman, the three gods - Agni, Wayu, Indra - selected from numerous vedic gods, 
the choice of one goddess from many - goddess Uma -   revealing spiritual knowledge,
as well as the phrasing of the type, 'the wonderful being',
are allegories, that refer to the Upanishad's spiritual themes. 

Devas themselves are allegorical reference to sensory and intellectual capabilities of man.
The war, symbolizing challenges a man traces, in his journey through life. 


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