The Taittiriya Upanishad belongs to the Yajur Veda. This has been handed down to us in two recensions the Taittiriya and the Vajasaneyi. The Taittiriya recension is the older and the more important of the two. It contains the Samhita, a Brahmana and an Aranyaka. The seventh eighth and the ninth chapter of the Taittiriya Aranyaka constitute this Upanishad and they are respectively known under the titles Sikshavalli, Anandavalli and Bhrguvalli. This Upanishad is very popular among those who learn the vedic chanting in a strictly traditional manner. to be noted The Mahanarayana Upanishad is the concluding part of the Taittiriya Upanishad.
The first chapter Siksavalli concludes with an exhortation by the Vedic teacher to his students on the eve of their returning home as satakas after completion of their studies instructing them as to how to conduct themselves in the world.
The second chapter Anandavalli opens with a profound declaration;"He who realizes Brahman attains the Supreme Brahman is truth, knowledge and infinite" the key statement reveals in a flash, with aphoristic brevity the quintessence of the entire philosophy of the Upaishads. Further it proclaims that the supreme Reality is the origin, ground, and goal of the world of experience, thus establishing the fundamental identity of this intimate world with the ultimate reality. a gradation of higher and higher stages of happiness and bliss is presented towards the end of this chapter, taking a worthy human being a noble youth, in the prime of his age, most swift and alert, perfectly whole and resolute, most vigorous in health, laden with all riches, and a good learning as a basic unit in this calculus. THE ACME is reached in Brahman, the source of bliss, beyond which there is nothing higher to aspire after.
The third chapter Bhruvalli unfolds a touching scene, in which the son Bhrgu approaches the father Varuna time and again in quest of truth and knowledge. The father with all the parental care love and understanding leads the son step by step through a throughgoing study of the human personality, which according to the Upanisad is made up of five sheaths kosas the material the vital the physical the intellectual and the intuitive. in the innermost core of which resides the self of man the atman the source of all bliss nay it is bliss itself the bliss of Brahman - Atman is perceivable on the perfection of desirelessness akamahata It is enjoined and experienced by one who realizes Brahman. that is the only real bliss from which all this bliss that we experience in the world has seperated from sprays in the sea and with which it gets united again. this is the uniqueness of this Upanisad. it shines in a class by itself.
The first chapter Siksavalli concludes with an exhortation by the Vedic teacher to his students on the eve of their returning home as satakas after completion of their studies instructing them as to how to conduct themselves in the world.
The second chapter Anandavalli opens with a profound declaration;"He who realizes Brahman attains the Supreme Brahman is truth, knowledge and infinite" the key statement reveals in a flash, with aphoristic brevity the quintessence of the entire philosophy of the Upaishads. Further it proclaims that the supreme Reality is the origin, ground, and goal of the world of experience, thus establishing the fundamental identity of this intimate world with the ultimate reality. a gradation of higher and higher stages of happiness and bliss is presented towards the end of this chapter, taking a worthy human being a noble youth, in the prime of his age, most swift and alert, perfectly whole and resolute, most vigorous in health, laden with all riches, and a good learning as a basic unit in this calculus. THE ACME is reached in Brahman, the source of bliss, beyond which there is nothing higher to aspire after.
The third chapter Bhruvalli unfolds a touching scene, in which the son Bhrgu approaches the father Varuna time and again in quest of truth and knowledge. The father with all the parental care love and understanding leads the son step by step through a throughgoing study of the human personality, which according to the Upanisad is made up of five sheaths kosas the material the vital the physical the intellectual and the intuitive. in the innermost core of which resides the self of man the atman the source of all bliss nay it is bliss itself the bliss of Brahman - Atman is perceivable on the perfection of desirelessness akamahata It is enjoined and experienced by one who realizes Brahman. that is the only real bliss from which all this bliss that we experience in the world has seperated from sprays in the sea and with which it gets united again. this is the uniqueness of this Upanisad. it shines in a class by itself.
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