It all Belongs To Sachchidananda

04-14-2002, 09:19 PM

Jaya Guru Datta,

Here is today's saying:

“I am the form of Chit. (chit = Jnana - knowledge). Therefore, I am 'chetana'
(endowed with knowledge). Therefore I am certainly different from 'chetya'
(that which is grasped by the Chetana).

Buddhi acts only if there is prana. It is the same with the indriyas too.
Neither of them can act if there is no prana. Is this not true?

In the deep sleep state, there is prana. But is there any action by the buddhi
or the sense organs? In the Jagrat and swapna states, the Prana will be like a
king who is amidst a big army (and therefore not easily recognized). In the
Sushupti state, Prana can be easily recognized (like a king sitting on the
throne).

Indriyas (sense organs) are not under the command of the Prana. If they were to
be so, they would not rest when their boss is functioning.

Therefore, the inner instruments (namely manas, buddhi, chitta, and ahankaara),
the sense organs, the prana - all these belong to me who is of the form of
Sachchidananda, to whom wakeful and dream states belong."

In Sanskrit:

Chitsvaroopashchetanoham
Chetyaannoonam prithagasmi

Praane sati saa buddhishchalati
indriya vargashchaapi tathaa
Praanaapaaye nahi tachchalanam
tviti taavadyattaddhi mrishaa 1

Gaadha sushuptoupraanesatyapi
buddheendriyayoshchalanam kvaa
Sainya samoohe raadiva praano
sulabha graahyaah kila suptou 2

Praanaadheeno nendriya vargo
no chet praane vyaapti mati
Taddaasoyam tvindriyavargah
kathamiva vishraamyati suptou 3

Tasmaadantah karanam chendriya
vargassaakam praanena
Jaagrannidraavata evaa
meemama sri sachidaanandaasya 4

Sri Swamiji
Journey In To The Self
(Lessons in Vedanta)
Bhajan -3
pp. 8-9

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