त्रिणाचिकेतस्त्रिभिरेत्य सन्धिं
त्रिकर्मकृत्तरति जन्ममृत्यू।
ब्रह्मजज्ञं देवमीड्यं विदित्वा
निचाय्येमाँशान्तिमत्यन्तमेति ॥ १७
TRINACHIKET TRIBHIR ETYA SANDHIM
TRI KARM KRUTTARATI JANMAMRUTYU |
BRAMHA JA DNYANAM DEVAM IDYAM VIDITWA
NICHAYYA IMAM SHANTIM ATYANTA ETI ||17
WHOEVER PERFORMS THE SACRIFICE OF NACHIKETA FIRE,, THREE TIMES
HAS BEEN UNITED WITH THREE AND WHO IS 'DONE WITH KARMA' OVERCOMES
THE BIRTH AND DEATH (CYCLE) HE IS BORN OF BRAHMIN AND UNDERSTOOD
THE FIRE -LIGHT ATTAINS EVERLASTING PEACE ||17
In this Shloka the Lord Death or Yama is stating certain things and they are open to various interpretations . The last Shloka told us that the Fire ceremony or mental process of mediation will be called Nachiketa Fire , and here we are told that when this is done 3 times and certain other conditions are met with one avoids the Birth and Death cycles. Why tree , why not one and why not 5 or 10 . The idea is that many devotes will achieve the ultimate Samadhi once and that too transiently . The mind and the whole thing is back to usual tricks and so until one has achieved the perfection in Samadhi or mediation and has reached the highest levels at WILL , he can not get out of reincarnation. So the 3 seems to mean that when the meditation or Samadhi is at will , then one cam expect the relief from birth and death cycle, But there are other conditions mentioned here.In my view this is to make sure that the devotee is not just doing 3 YADNYAS' or Fire ceremonies and exoect the same result as perfect Samadhi. So then next one is unity with three. So what are these 3? There could be number of things that one can think of - there are 3 Gunas, there are 3 bodies or universes and many other .In my view it must be 3 bodies namely the physical, astral and the causal bodies . The KARAN SHARIR, SUKSHMA SHARIR AND THE STHUL SHARIR.The SPIRIT is encased by 3 bodies and it will not have FREEDOM until all 3 are gotten rid off . When we die the physical body is gone , but the astral and the causal bodies are still there and the Spirit or the consciousness is still not free to be united with Universal consciousness . This can happen only when all 3 bodies are destroyed and so here the 3 is for 3 bodies .
Now the last condition to get out of birth- death cycle. One must be Brahmin Does it mean he must be BORN in certain class - NO. The Brahmin refers to One who Knows BRaman and also refers to the 3 Gunas , So the Brahmin is one who has predominance of SATWIK GUNA . But that alone is not enough He may have the Satwic tenedncies , but he also must have SEEN THE LIGHT . The Deva means Light - think about the Indian term for light THE DIYA . The word DEVA or God is due to the meaning light as the DEVAS have the bright light with it . So when one has Satwic Guna and has seen the light then he can be free of birth and death cycle.
त्रिकर्मकृत्तरति जन्ममृत्यू।
ब्रह्मजज्ञं देवमीड्यं विदित्वा
निचाय्येमाँशान्तिमत्यन्तमेति ॥ १७
TRINACHIKET TRIBHIR ETYA SANDHIM
TRI KARM KRUTTARATI JANMAMRUTYU |
BRAMHA JA DNYANAM DEVAM IDYAM VIDITWA
NICHAYYA IMAM SHANTIM ATYANTA ETI ||17
WHOEVER PERFORMS THE SACRIFICE OF NACHIKETA FIRE,, THREE TIMES
HAS BEEN UNITED WITH THREE AND WHO IS 'DONE WITH KARMA' OVERCOMES
THE BIRTH AND DEATH (CYCLE) HE IS BORN OF BRAHMIN AND UNDERSTOOD
THE FIRE -LIGHT ATTAINS EVERLASTING PEACE ||17
In this Shloka the Lord Death or Yama is stating certain things and they are open to various interpretations . The last Shloka told us that the Fire ceremony or mental process of mediation will be called Nachiketa Fire , and here we are told that when this is done 3 times and certain other conditions are met with one avoids the Birth and Death cycles. Why tree , why not one and why not 5 or 10 . The idea is that many devotes will achieve the ultimate Samadhi once and that too transiently . The mind and the whole thing is back to usual tricks and so until one has achieved the perfection in Samadhi or mediation and has reached the highest levels at WILL , he can not get out of reincarnation. So the 3 seems to mean that when the meditation or Samadhi is at will , then one cam expect the relief from birth and death cycle, But there are other conditions mentioned here.In my view this is to make sure that the devotee is not just doing 3 YADNYAS' or Fire ceremonies and exoect the same result as perfect Samadhi. So then next one is unity with three. So what are these 3? There could be number of things that one can think of - there are 3 Gunas, there are 3 bodies or universes and many other .In my view it must be 3 bodies namely the physical, astral and the causal bodies . The KARAN SHARIR, SUKSHMA SHARIR AND THE STHUL SHARIR.The SPIRIT is encased by 3 bodies and it will not have FREEDOM until all 3 are gotten rid off . When we die the physical body is gone , but the astral and the causal bodies are still there and the Spirit or the consciousness is still not free to be united with Universal consciousness . This can happen only when all 3 bodies are destroyed and so here the 3 is for 3 bodies .
Now the last condition to get out of birth- death cycle. One must be Brahmin Does it mean he must be BORN in certain class - NO. The Brahmin refers to One who Knows BRaman and also refers to the 3 Gunas , So the Brahmin is one who has predominance of SATWIK GUNA . But that alone is not enough He may have the Satwic tenedncies , but he also must have SEEN THE LIGHT . The Deva means Light - think about the Indian term for light THE DIYA . The word DEVA or God is due to the meaning light as the DEVAS have the bright light with it . So when one has Satwic Guna and has seen the light then he can be free of birth and death cycle.
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